Black cats and Doctor Who, courtesy of Google searches


Site traffic has increased significantly this week, with nearly all of the newcomers heading here from Google searches (wasn’t I being indexed properly before?). It’s kind of spooky to find out that huge numbers have been looking for an explanation as to why a black cat recently appeared in their dreams. The Doctor Who comic strip that never was has also been directly searched for by lots of people. Bizarre!

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Friday, August 29th, 2008

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The nightmare of an Apple fanboy


I admit it at last. For all my willingness to acknowledge the company’s failings, I am an Apple fanboy at heart. I had a nightmare that involved my iPhone screen getting a nasty crack in it. In the dreamscape, I lifted the cracked screen and wires came tumbling out. I didn’t know what to do, and said to someone unknown in the dream that, if the iPhone goes off for repairs, it will be weeks or months before I get it back given the shortage of units and, therefore, parts.

Then I wake up. My iPhone is ringing. It’s okay but my parents aren’t—they’ve got a wasp invasion, my mum tells me, though I suspect it’s bees, not wasps. We’ll see. Pest control has been called.

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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

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