Back To The Lab...

...without a mic to grab.

Time flies when you are trying to reorient yourself to a brand new locale. We decided to take advantage of the opportunities that arise during a crisis ( low interest rates and housing prices) and made a break for the greener pastures of Medina.

The long hiatus was harder to break than I expected. Maybe being out of the Akron city limits slowed the perception of time or maybe not. Medina is a lot like Akron but without the mercenary police force and Circle K's. They also have one of them giant gazebos in the town square which takes some getting used to.

It's two and a half months and an off year election since my last transgression, uh post, but, I think now is as good a time as any to wade back into the surly waters. I hear there's a Senate and gubernatorial race around the corner.

Lest You Think I'm That Popular

My Site Meter reporting has shown a spike in views the past week. If one were to see this activity they may be lead to believe that the 260 views of BCR today were a sign of interest in what I have to write. Not Really.

What this blog is experiencing is like something out of a chapter of the Long Tail or The Wisdom of Crowds. Give people all the content that's out there and a good filter (Google) to find it and then look out.

Here's the story. I ran a post back in January titled "Where's My Stimulus Check" that outlined the progress of the economic stimulus plan as it wound its way through Congress. The title was a harmless poke at the impatience of the average citizen waiting around for the gov'ment to send out their damn check. Fast forward to last week when the actual checks started going out and now you see what's on peoples' minds - money. The links to BCR through Google searches are driving the links to the blog. Basically all those searches using the same phrase as the post title get referred to this humble little blog. I unintentionally Google bombed myself. I'm willing to rent out space in the side bar to those of you looking for exposure.