Is it unseemly to talk about your web statistics, like revealing your salary to co-workers? I don’t know. But that doesn’t stop me from being curious about what other people’s traffic is like. Last week I hit an all-time high of just under 3,600 visits/sessions that week. Is that high or low for an average, non-A-list weblog? I know, I should just do this for my own sake blah blah blah. But who among us wouldn’t like more readers?
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Billy Graham’s son Franklin, who called Islam “a very evil and very wicked religion,” is planning to bring his group Samaritan’s Purse into Iraq “to provide for the population?s post-war physical and spiritual needs,” according to a story on Beliefnet. Franklin Graham says his group isn’t there to preach or convert, but…
?I believe as we work, God will always give us opportunities to tell others about his Son,” he told BeliefNet. “We are there to reach out to love them and to save them, and as a Christian I do this in the name of Jesus Christ.?
Some Muslims aren’t so thrilled with the plan. And seriously, is this the face of America we want to present to Iraq?
On Excite TV listings for tonight
60 Minutes II (New): A psychological profile of Saddam Hussein by those who knew him.
Jumping the gun? Wishful thinking? Or do they *know something* over at 60 Minutes? Interesting too because of the current “Saddam? We don’t care about Saddam. He’s dead or hiding somewhere or something. It doesn’t matter” attitude in the administration.
Quote of the Day
“While people have a right to free speech, they do not have a right to a free arrest.”
-Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who wants to charge arrested anti-war protestors with the cost of their own prosecution.
Sometimes I wonder if the world can just continue to get crazier and crazier with no letup. Aren’t we going to reach a point where things just have to veer back toward sanity? Isn’t that some sort of physics principle? Help me out here.
Can you keep a secret?
Have you put Miss Anthropy on your must-read list yet? Her recent posts on Cher and “Dude, Where’s My Car?” are worth the price of admission alone. And don’t tell anyone I told you this, but Miss Anthropy is actually Haidi of Top Ten Blog! and Haidi.org, two gone but lamented web resources. Miss Anthropy is her secret alter ego. Sort of like Batman. But not exactly. Go there now!
Jon Stewart had a great line last night when talking about “bunker-buster” bombs dropped on a Baghdad restaurant where Saddam was rumored to be meeting with his sons, “leaving what coalition forces called a ‘freedom hole.'”
‘Through the Looking Glass’ Quote of the Week (Day?)
“US officials say that the thrust towards Baghdad and the overthrow of the regime have taken priority over the need to find the proof which might justify the war.”
I have an intense dislike for retail store greeters. Best Buy, Blockbuster, Wal-Mart – and many others I’ve most likely blocked out – have me in a bad mood immediately when forced to deal with a painfully fake greeting. I can’t believe I never realized it before, but this MetaFilter thread taught me that stores don’t do this to impart some sort of homey friendliness to their giant mass-produced consumerism – they do it to combat shoplifting. Apparently studies have shown that if you greet people at the door, they feel more like the employees are keeping an eye on their activities, and are less likely to attempt stealing.
As if I needed another reason to avoid Wal-Mart.
People talk a lot about heroes. Dr. Carlo Urbani was one. (New York Times online, free registration required)