Sunday, June 14, 2009

Queries

Photo by Brett Cole.
Today would have been the perfect day for getting out in the kayak, for going for a bicycle ride, for looking for otters to photograph, or even just a nice long walk. I am still not up for any of this yet, but I hope that you, gentle reader, were able to take advantage of the (finally) gorgeous weather and get the heck outside for some soul-soothing R&R. Maybe you even had an extra can of ice-cold PBR for me.

Meanwhile, I've been inside, resting my injured self, and basking in the computer screen's soft comforting glow instead of the bright light of the sun. You did apply sunscreen, right? With a sufficient SPF?

Now, one thing I have learned from this blogging experiment is that it is easy to get caught up in looking at one's own blog stats. Who's looking? How long did they stay? Where did they come from? And my favorite: what search engine queries led them here?

Here are some of my favorite search queries that led folks to The River Otter. Enjoy. Bonus points if any of them were yours.

*the benefit of an apple at morning

*river otter penis

*i love river otter
(me too. Warms the cockles of my heart.)

*getting rid of river otters under house (Why would you want to do that?)

*pictures of otters peeing

*shoe
(sic) me live river otters for my students (This was, apparently, from a teacher?)

*uwm (How random!)

*dam but (but what?)

*river otter cupcakes (Yum! I hope the reference was to the decoration, not an ingredient.)

*why is important to save the river otter

*otters eating toads

*Do Otters use binkys?

And my favorite new one- *my grandfather was frederick bischoff chocolate

I'll add more as they show up on my stats. I'm not making fun of people- I am expressing delighted amusement. Yes, there is a big difference.

3 comments:

mikemiller34 said...

I applied sunscreen today, but not yesterday. I'll have to blog sometime about the Ozaukee County Trail phenomenon known (if only to me) as Lobster Lady. I'm much more observant of safe sun since I started seeing her around!

Anonymous said...

Amusing- yes! I think we have about the same sense of juvenile humor. ;)
Uneasy too...the internet knows all- sees all- just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not after you. But dam... stop looking at your stats all the time.

The River Otter said...

Mike- LOL "safe sun." I am imagining an SPF 100 full-body condom.