Validating my conviction that some machine intelligence is "googling" this blog, one of the promos in the top banner (at 1:25 pm, CST, 7/3/03) is promoting a Pew Forum discussion on whether it is appropriate for Xtian groups to proseltyze the Iraqis as said groups distribute food and other aid. Now, this is a promotional I don't mind. Even wish I could be in Washington, DC to attend.

Notice there are certain words I am avoiding as I discuss this matter. My theory is the search engine is picking up certain words and finding commercial announcements which closely relate to those words. Certainly makes sense to me. If you come to this blog-space to read my barely-informed opinions on these matters, you might be interested in products related thereto.

IOW, all the complaining I've been doing about the theme reflected in the banner has in fact increased the chance that theme will continue.

Which makes me aware, as I noted last Friday, June 27, that I've fairly much circled around the same two obsessions: politics and religion. Wouldn't hurt if I broadened my net a tad.

I could, for example, post some reviews (books & music being another obsession), and test my mettle as a critic. In the spirit of many other blogs, I could reflect more quotidian concerns.

I could even — horrors — post some poetry. Could even re-publish some entries from The Saturn Sequence so you don't have to navigate through all the pop-ups.

Stay tuned.