Earthquake Correlation

Last night around 2300 (11 PM), we had another earthquake. This time it was a 5.6 in magnitude. I know all you jaded Californians are shaking your heads, but you must remember, OKLAHOMA DOESN'T GET EARTHQUAKES, WE HAVE TORNADOS--LOTS OF THEM. Tornados we're used to, earthquakes not so much.

Hubby woke me from a sound sleep so I could pee my pants, er, enjoy the experience. It lasted much longer than the previous one, and I couldn't tell if I was shaking or the bed kept shaking for over a couple of minutes.

It could have been either one.

Anyway, I was looking at my blog stats this AM. Y'all reading my blog makes me happy, so I tend to look at my stats to try to figure out what brings you over for a visit.

And I noticed something very interesting . . .

Oklahoma earthquake

Blog stats

Okay, you'll have to squint your eyes and use your imagination on the second picture.
But do you see what I see?? 

*sigh* I hate to say it, but my blog visitors are causing the quakes. What a sorry, sorry thing to have happen . . .

Just kidding! Keep on visiting and I'll keep posting fresh material.
Now, I have to go to play with my power point presentation for Saturday's talk. .  . Okay, I'm lying, I'm really going to play Adventure World first, and then I'll work on my power point before getting ready for church.

Later, peeps!

Blogger Whims

Just a few thoughts today.

--When I checked my blog stats on Sept.1, the blog had a huge spike at 0300 . . . from the Netherlands.
The blog that seemed to be the main one of interest was titled Vote for a New Blog Name. I had written it for May 12, 2010--yep, over a year ago. If anyone has a clue as to why this blog showed up on the radar from the Netherlands, please feel free to comment or email me.

Trying to figure out the vagaries of the Internet and how search engines do their thing are just plain mind-numbing! This has happened to me before with: Germany, France and Iran. No idea why.

--Blogger also has a new interface. Of course, they decide to unroll this AFTER I wrote a 10-page article with screen dumps for my friend's Author EMS website. I can always scroll through the article and screen dump the new look, but I think they are still tweaking their product.

I pulled it up and there is a HUGE amount of white on the dashboard pages. I don't like it. There's a reason why I stay with the blog colors that I have chosen. I like cool colors--blues and greens are soothing. White is harsh to my eyes. That might be because I'm typing all the time and I want a change when I scroll through my blog pages.

--I've noticed that bloggers are either WordPress fans or Blogger fans. It's like PC vs. Mac. I'm a PC and blogger, while everyone else is WRONG! Just kidding. It's just a preference. A few months ago, RWA PRO did a free online program how to set up WordPress. I'm sure there were hundreds of covertees this way. I didn't bother to even read the blogs. 1) I'm not interested in changing, 2) I learn better by doing and not taking a class to hold my hand through the process, 3) I HATE logging on to a WordPress site. It makes you jump through hoops to even comment on a blog. Shoot, 90% if the time, I don't even bother commenting because of this. One time I went to a friend's Facebook post to comment.

I'm sure there are things about Blogger that I don't take advantage of, but considering I started this blog on a whim, I'm good.

That's it for now.
Later, Peeps!

Blog Stats

I glanced at my blog stats on Monday and had a huge shock.  Now, I don't usually have many page hits during a 24 hour period, 28-36 on a good day.  Imagine my jaw drop when I saw that I had 19 hits at 0300 on Sunday 2/20/11.  INCONCEIVABLE! (name the movie) 

Smart-a$$ husband wondered what crazy people were up at 3 AM.  I gently pointed out that would be a 'normal' hour for our friends in the European/Eastern countries.  My blog isn't so detailed that I knew which entry was being perused, so I decided it was because of the Tomato Soup recipe I posted on Friday.

Therefore, I have declared Friday's as Foodie Day.  I need to write my recipes down for my daughter and this is the perfect excuse to get started on this project.

Hope you enjoy!
Oh, the movie?  THE PRINCESS BRIDE, of course!
Later, Peeps!