Tracking the bizarre things people suddenly search for on Google.

January 31 — 10:02 PM — Politico Has Its Coming Out Party

At the Democratic Debate tonight, upstart Politico managed to get top billing along with ancient newspaper, The LA Times. Politico has done some nice work with election coverage this year, albeit biased like the rest of the media (in both directions).
Whoever in their marketing department or their PR agency who managed to engineer their [...]

January 31 - 4:57 PM — What do Lisa Rinna and Nicky Barnes Have in Common?

What do Lisa Rinna and Nicky Barnes have in common? Trick question?  They both appear in Google Hot Trends today at the same time. Something’s up.
Let’s see, there’s a woman with really large lips (which haaaave to be natural).

And there’s a former gangster (I’ll spare you the picture).
So, question: what do they have in common?
Answer: [...]

January 30– 9:39 AM– Who is Ines Gomes Mont?

For those Sportscenter fans out there, you saw the highlight of Tom Brady being proposed to on media day by a reporter (perhaps not the most professional reporter, but still). The reporter’s name? Ines Gomes Mont according to ESPN. She went so far as to show up in a wedding gown.

(image credit here)
Tom politely declined [...]

January 29–9:23 PM — MacBook Air Commercial…What’s the new song?

Well, star-maker Apple has their new commercial for their new MacBook air (yes, the one that’s thinner than a human hair…not really, but that’s what you’d think from the hype). Apple has been known for taking up and coming artists and making them instant stars (some might say sellouts). So, in case you haven’t figured [...]

January 28 — 11:07 PM — The State of the Union?

Well, the obvious choice for a posting here would be to give my opinion on the State of the Union address tonight. Those who know me (you don’t yet, since this is my first post), know that I’m not going to do that. There were far more interesting options available. The real obvious choice, as [...]

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