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Welcome to Science Thursday, also known as The Ad Game.
Update [2005-8-18 10:44:19 by kansas]:
4th title change now in effect as part of the following science experiment. (Previous titles were: “Good Vibrations at Froggy Bottom Cafe,” “Shoes and Purses Welcomes You to Froggy Bottom Cafe,” and “Seatbeltbags Welcomes You to Froggy Bottom Cafe.”
We are running a little experiment today to see if we can game the ads on the side of the page.
(BOOKSTORE.)
“Somebody”-like Robert Novak I won’t name sources, though if they threaten me with prison I’ll give up BrotherFeldspar-noticed in my diary last week that I had attracted ads for Kansas real estate. So, heck, as long as we have to look at ads, and as long as we’re clicking them in order to increase revenue for this site–you ARE doing that, aren’t you?–why not see if we can attract ads for fun stuff, or stuff we might actually want. As opposed to real estate in Kansas. 🙂 A truly wicked person suggested using “vibrators” to see what we’d get. When I put “good vibrations” in the headline earlier today, we got ads for the Beach boys, lol.
Have I mentioned: BOOKSTORES?
Update: We did try calling down Women’s Shoes upon us. (Mind your head.)
And purses. It turns out that a lot of us Heart Purses, but alas we didn’t manifest them.HERE GOES. . .abracadabra, BOOKSTORES!
Good judgment promises to be in short supply here at the pond today, lol. Maturity may be hard to find, too. Elusive little bugger, that. I mean, if you can’t even find it in the White House,then how can anybody expect to find it anywhere else? I ask you!
Let’s play!
A most sincere and hearty welcome to all newcomers, by the way. Pull up a lily pad and tell us about yourselves. We’d love to meet you.
with one single thought…I was feeling the “good vibrations” myself! 🙂
Looks like all we’re getting is marketing and blogging stuff…boring. 🙁
Got in a short workout before I got hit with leg cramps…will try for second session later today. In the meantime, off to have breakfast soon, then see if I can get stuff done without waking the spouse (though why I should worry about him is beyond me…he didn’t get a damn thing done yesterday. I’m very pissed off at him today…)
It seems to have picked up your “Beach Boys” reference…anyone want an MP3 of “Kokomo”?
So kansas took the dare…
Beach Boys it is – surprised that there are no ads from this place, but I guess there is some sort of content filter.
Dear Ask, you have performed a valuable public service today, lol!
You mean to say you didn’t have that bookmarked already.. 😉
Now that you’ve changed the headline, I wonder how long before the ads change as well. Good experiment.
Now it’s right between “Yahoo! Games” and “Empire Burlesque.” Seems appropriate. 🙂
What a wholesome looking front page and then….yowza!
It reminds me of the scene in Parenthood when there’s a power failure, the whole screen is black, Steve Martin says “I’ll go get a flashlight, oh here’s one in the nightstand”….then Click, Buzzzzzzzzzzz.
I so wish you were having a good day, Cali, but maybe it will amuse you to see that the ads have suddenly changed to Beach boys and surfing!
whoa… where did the ad for ‘retro conservative tees’ come from?
Good question. “Retro,” maybe?
I ended up going back to bed for the morning…and the place is still a mess. I, at least, got the bed made when I got up!
Everyone seems to be covering the sentencing of the BTK Killer…I probably should’ve just stayed in bed…
When Good Vibrations came out in my senior year in college (also the year I heard The Buffalo Springfield for the first time. I’ll never forget the feeling of “Something’s Happening Here. . .what it is ain’t exactly clear. There’s a man with a gun over there, telling me I got to beware.), I was bowled over. I realized they had done something remarkable. It was exciting.
We don’t use the term “heat” any more, but the bits of the song I remember apply at least as much today as in its time.
I know… just change the title of today’s cafe to read:
Shoes and purses welcomes you to Froggy Bottom. Try it… I bet it’ll work.
I will! I’ll leave this up a while, just so “certain people” can see it. I just couldn’t bring myself to write Froggy Bottom Cafe & Vibrators in the subject head, lol. If somebody can think of a way to do it that wouldn’t be offensive on the front page, I’ll change it. There may be an “adults only” screen of some kind, but it would be interesting to know.
And I bet we get ads for stores in Kansas…
If we do I’ll feel as if they are like puppies following me wherever I type. lol. “Oh, sorry about those ads–they go everywhere that I go.”
Good morning, CG!
but, alas, the ads are still about Kokomo. I think further experimentation is in order.
Did anyone attend a vigil last night? The one I went to in Raleigh was well attended (reportedly 200) and the local media showed up. Very quiet and reverential, held at a UCC church, and attended by toddlers to very elderly people.
Here are a couple of pics.
Very cute old woman, obviously knows what’s important
Ben and me
Ben and Colin
Are those your boys? They’re adorable.
Thanks. They are my buds. The older one will be editor in chief of his high school newspaper this year and is planning to print an opt-out form and article against the war in one of the first issues. I hope it gets approved.
Did anyone else have the misfortune of having Rich Lowry grace your editorial page. Seems that Richie boy just doesn’t like Cindy Sheehan and the Leftists that support her.
Talk about vitriolic spewing of right wing punditry, Richie boy sneers his contempt for Cindy’s right to ask Bushie boy why her son died and what is this noble cause in which he died.
In reading Richie boy’s diatribe against those who are left of Attila the Hun, we are ignoble, treasonous and certainly not worthy of calling ourselves Americans.
I would offer a link, but I just could not stomach bringing his vileness to this wonderful blog.
Google rich lowry and look for Made for Air America
Other than that, I am recuperating from a stomach virus that assaulted me over the last 36 hours and am now back to work.
Enjoy your day and Kansas, try to stay cool, seems the Heat index is going to exceed 100 today and tomorrow.
I hope you’re feel better!
I am recuperating and grateful that it only lasted this long, thank you
I wondered where you were, Gw. So glad you’re feeling better now. Was there a vigil in Lawrence last night? You probably weren’t feeling up to it. I didn’t make it to the one on the Plaza, either. I was scheduled to see a friend whose husband died recently and I didn’t want to cancel on her.
there was going to be one, but nothing in todays Journal World about it and yes I would not have made it there last night in any shape to participate.
Kansas did you see that Adam Taff has been indicted for wire fraud. The republicans are beginning to fall like dominos in their corruption.
OMG! Tell me more! (I stopped taking The Star, useless rag that it is, and since I also don’t watch local tv news, it is dawning on me that I have no idea what’s going on locally.)
for wire fraud, seems Mr Taft decided to take 175K out of his campaign fund and buy a 1.2 million dollar home around Lake Quivira.
Full story here and there is also a story about an ethics allegation concerning dear Kay O’Conner, you know the one who believes women should not have ever received the right to vote.
enjoy
Ah, Kansas. Don’t it just make you proud to be a Sunflower?
Thanks for the news updates, Gw.
My wife and I used to joke that these were the mottos of three well-known American newspapers:
NY Times: “All the news that’s fit to print.”
Phila. Inquirer: “All the news that fits, we print.”
KC Star: “All the ads that fit, we print.”
on my neighbor’s car might be appropriate to tell young Mr. Lowry:
NOT MY PRESIDENT
STILL MY COUNTRY
Now that’s a good neighbor.
Morning, M. Aren’t we supposed to be working? I’m leaving to do that in about 15 minutes, I swear.
Just about to do that, honest! 😉 Just taking a little break, she said, guiltily.
We’re getting some wonderful press for the peace vigils today in the Twin Cities area today. Several of them were well attended last night and that coupled with the fact that State Senator Becky Lowry (who also lot her son in Iraq) and Colleen Rowly (FBI whistleblower and future US Congresswoman) went down to join Cindy. The local tv news was leading with coverage of their trip today.
As for me, I’m off to Madeline Island later this morning for my bokgroup’s annual retreat. But the weather report says we’ll have clouds and rain all weekend. Boo-hoo. Regardless, a good time will be had by all in attendance!
EEuww now there’s Bill O’Reilly in the ads. hmm what is his connection to shoes and purses? I don’t want to know.
At the vigil I attended last night there were a couple hundred of us with candles (note to self: bring cups for next candlelight vigil) lined up along a main street that bisects a park in the middle of San Francisco. Dramatic looking, lots of drive-by support. (Another note to self: beg, borrow, or steal a digital camera.) I thought there’d be more people but there were at least a dozen vigils around town.
We’re talking about the Google ads, right? I’m still getting all Beach Boys, all the time.
Not that I’m complaining, mind you, if the alternative is–gag–O’Reilly.
They seem to alternate between Beach Boys and blogger-type ads. I confess I never looked at the Google ads before but for Boo I will click on them daily.
thanks for reminding people to click on the ads. Since I added Google ads to BooTrib on July 28th, we have averaged 27 clicks a day and I have earned an average of $4.34 a day from them. It’s not a lot but it helps pay the server costs.
Also, it seems hard to overpower Google’s fascination with the Beach Boys theme. Maybe writing DILDO will help.
You’re very welcome.
Okay, you guys! Don’t be dildos, click on those ads! (Is there an “e” in the plural of dildo?) Let’s see if we can take it over the $4.34 mark today!!
Five dollars, here we come, wahoo!!
It’s so little to ask of us, for all the riches we get from here, that I’m almost embarrassed. Yeah, right, you’re probably thinking–like a woman who writes “dildo dildo dildo” in her subject head is capable of being embarrassed.
The Beach Boys are very powerful.
Dan, how do you spell Dildo(e)s?
lol(e)s!
Dildos (dildoes?) welcome you to Froggy Bottom Cafe? It just sounds bad.
Froggy Bottom Dildos!
It took me a second and then: extreme mirth.
This was bound to get out of hand, :).
I highly recommend Seatbelt bags. They rock!!! And are very sturdy for women, like me, who abuse their purses mercelessly.
How very cool, mlk. Thanks for the link. What color is yours?
I have 2. One is Cadillac pink, the other is Delorean silver. I have a weakness for purses. It’s really sad…
They are really cool.
Very sad. Just take it one purse at a time, mlk, one purse at a time.
That’s my problem. I do take them “one purse at a time.” I just keep going back for more!
My next one will be something like this (too bad it’s sold out):
That was the one I wanted!
How is everyone today in the FBC…..
In case anyone is missing words of the great Infidelpig, he sends greetings to all, and will have his words back here on Sat. He is currently enjoying the heat, mosquitos, and hard work near a Florida Beach..(he is working not playing).
I told him it is hardly the same in the FBC without his words…
And me, I am sitting in a cool room in Ca. with an overcast sky outside.
For all those who knew of my recent bout with Shingles, I am much improved and feeling quite well.
I am so proud of all the bootribbers who attended a candelight vigil last night…
I woke this morning to local radio station host, just slamming Cindy, and claiming she and her followers were just plain crazy….so that made me jump out of bed to turn his ugly voice off.
Very nice piece on cindy on CNN Headline, just a few minutes ago.
Hi, Diane. If you talk to IP, tell him we miss his ornery ass. He’d be particularly funny today, I suspect.
So glad your shingles are better.
Lets try to get Booman $25.00 a day by asking everyone if they have clicked on at least two google ads and one of the static ads that are here.
I personally click on every ad each day, I really want to help booman suceed here and continue to give our voice a significant power in the upcoming mid term elections.
I ask that everyone just ask someone, have you clicked three ads today.
Hell ask them to click on every ad, that is what I do.
I just checked and we’re up to 54 clicks and $7.25 today. There doesn’t seem to be a clear relationship between clicks and dollars. Sometimes it will have 20 clicks and $5, and other times 20 clicks and .50 cents. I guess it depends on whether someone somewhere buys something from one of the ads that have been clicked here. Or something. Who knows? Anyway, thanks for thinking of me, and helping out.
Cool!
Well, grump. The click ads don’t seem to be changing to anything resembling shoes and purses. We’ll be in Kokomo forever.
maybe if we add brand names?? Like Chaco and
Camelbak (my summer shoes and purse)?
Good suggestion. I’ll try Seatbeltbags first.
You might need to try more well known purse brands, like Coach or Louis Vuitton or Dooney & Bourke.
I’m not sure how the Google Ads algorithm works, but it might need a well known name first.
And trying editing the body of the diary above, not just the title. I have a feeling GoogleAds picks up on that more than the comments.
I suppose a specific brand name may not work if that brand hasn’t bought an ad, so I think I’ll go back to something generic and then also try changing the body of the text. If THAT doesn’t work, we can probably infer that google pays no attention to “updates,” although why that would be I don’t know.
Okay, one more change, then I’m off for awhile. I hope when I come back there will be lots of new ads to click.
I guess the next step is we refine our hypothesis…I’m thinking that Google attaches a “content identifier to your original diary creation of an url, and doesn’t update it after that.
So the way to test this would be to create a new diary with, say, shoes and purses, or bookstores, or whatever in the text and title….and see if you still get beach boys ads in that one.
Now, I really must get back to writing about myeloablative conditioning in allogeneic stem cell transplantation. It’s so hard to work sometimes! 🙂
must get back to writing about myeloablative conditioning in allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Gosh, how can you pull yourself away? 🙂
Me, too. Gotta work. But I will make a new diary for this evening and we’ll see what happens then. At least we didn’t get any more Kansas real estate ads.
Also remember that GoogleAds are based on what Google’s web-spiders find on the page, and their spiders only come around periodically. The fact that we’re still seeing Beach Boys ads is based on their first visit, and apparently they haven’t stopped by since. Let’s see what ads are put up in a few hours’ time, if the spiders visit again during that period. A new diary will definitely get spidered.
I’m reminded of the old Google game/contest, to come up with the two-word combination that produces the fewest results. I’ve forgotten what that game was called, but no doubt Google itself would be able to give some examples.
Web-spiders? Interesting. I’ve never heard of that before. Now I’m really curious about how often they crawl by. Not very, apparently.
Hey now, I haven’t given up on that shotgun shack in Lenexa… Might make a great site for yet another Kansas City barbeque place!
There cannot be too many bbq places.
I hear you there! Every time we come to KC to visit the in-laws we stock up on various brands of KC BBQ sauce – Gates, Smokehouse, etc. Especially Gates; man, I loooove that stuff! Come home with about 15 bottles rattling around in the back of the car. People think we’re apeshit crazy until they taste some real BBQ!
Must.Stop.Drooling.On.Keyboard.
Speaking of peas–
Let’s see if this brings us some grocery ads.
A final shot at the same scene I showed several times yesterday, with everything socked in by PEA soup fog.
Incidentally, I think the Goober Peas folksong is an American version of the “Rantin’ Rovin’ Highlandman.”
Ranting, incidentally^2, is dancing, whereas raving is talking wildly. So when people are ranting and raving, they’re dancing down the street talking wildly, often to nobody in particular. We danced Montgomery’s Rant at our wedding party, and our Scots friends had so much fun that they raved about it for years. Now I see rant has become wild talking and raves are dances.
Anyways, “The Rantin’ Rovin’ Highlandman” was adapted by Angus MacKay into “The Abercairney Highlanders” which is a popular Scottish dance tune and bagpipe tune. Angus became a raving nutcase and evidently drowned in mudflats trying to escape an asylum.
Goober peas are peanuts, the crop raised by then-future-President Jimmy Carter, who was later attacked by a swimming rabbit, and defeated by one of our recent raving lunatic Presidents.
Jeez, maybe this’ll bring us ads for raves too.
Damn, I was really hoping you’d attract rave ads. Nice try, though.
UM – first… I’d have to say that, personally – well I try very hard not to call women’s shoes down upon me. Just saying.
2nd, I’d like to invite folks to visit one of my rare long form diaries, currently a MLW exclusive (though I may cross post in a few days based on the feedback I get). It’s about one woman who stood up and made a difference – no – not the one you’re thinking of.
I think we need to know more stories like this one – and encourage you to write similar pieces to spread the word about your personal heroes.
Finally – another shot from my recent vacation. Journey’s are worth it.
Wonderful diary,isiyitc. I hope you’ll cross post it here. It makes me want to hand every woman a flyer with the story of Alice Paul and the slogan:
Vote: Do It For Alice. She Did It For You.
You might also consider posting your diary on Suffrajets on my site ‘village blue’ as well…
I have a series going, famous women in history and I did one on suffrajets as well.
Bought some very interesting shoes the other day. They’re made of something that seems icky at first, like flexible plastic, but they have little nubbly things on the soles to act as acupressure points while you walk. Very good feeling.
The one I got is described as Mid-heel sandal, but I think of it as a slide.
I once had a boyfriend accuse me of having a shoe fetish. Denied it vehemently. Then I looked in the closet. LOL. At least 35 pairs. Even now, in simpler times, the number of pairs is into two digits.
when I watch “Clean Sweep” on TLC, the couples that have so many shoes.
Let’s see…I have my exercise/walking shoes, a pair of black walking shoes, two pairs of ankle boots (black and brown), light hiking boots, one pair of black dress flats (for when I actually wear a dress), and a pair of flip-flops for when I go to the pool…sounds like only 7 for me. I’m not much into shoes; most of them make my feet hurt, and it’s hard for me to find shoes I like because I have “boat feet” (8-1/2 W).
Purses, on the other hand…god, I don’t even want to go there…
Exxxxxcellent……..
Beautiful last night in Boulder, gorgeous weather:
Sunset
and a great turn out @ the Sheehan Vigil…800+ estimated, pics
HERE
Gotta work…see ya this evenin’
Peace
Last night I attempted to get tickets and fell into a fog of mass confusion LOL
Washington DC – you can fly into DCA, IAD or BWI. Dulles Reagan or Baltimore. BWI is the cheapest but 31 miles from the city. I’m not getting a rental car because I’m not familiar with DC and since there’ll be so many protestors, it doesn’t make sense to think the traffic in DC will be “light” that weekend.
Or is their fantastic shuttle service from BWI?
And I haven’t a clue where I am staying… so maybe I should stick with the closest airport?
I may have answered my self. ACK 🙂
Oh was so fantastic hearing Cabin Girls voice last night. She called and we chatted and giggled like life long friends. Which is what we are.
In DC we’ve got BWI, Dulles, or Washington-National. (The last airport has been renamed for a recently-deceased Republican president, but his name is not uttered by natives.)
BWI is generally the cheapest, but as you noticed, it’s farthest away. There are various shuttle vans that go from various points in DC to BWI and back, and will probably run you $40-50. There’s also a rail station near BWI airport, a free short bus ride away. Train fare on Amtrak or MARC (commuter rail) down to Union Station will be $15-20. Union Station itself is a couple blocks north of the Capitol, and on the Metro’s Red line. FWIW, this is my preferred way of getting to & from BWI, and BWI is my preferred airport.
From Dulles, there isn’t much mass-transit; there are numbers of shuttle vans and taxi services that just run between Dulles and downtown, but I think they’re a little pricey. I almost never use Dulles anyhow.
Washington-National is closest in, and is right on Metro (the Blue & Yellow lines). If the fare here isn’t too much more expensive than the other airports, and you can stomach going through an airport named after He Who Shall Not Be Named, then this is probably the most straight-forward option. The plus sides to National are the views outside the windows as you approach, and the fact that they lifted the restriction against getting out of your seat 30 minutes prior to landing (a post-9/11 security detail).
Your decision to eschew a rental car is exactly correct, protests or no. Do NOT drive around DC is it’s your first time visiting. Circles, diagonal boulevards, streets blocked off for security, and some of the worst traffic in the country make driving here pretty nasty. There’s great public transit in the region as a whole, so there’s really no need.
There are a couple other DC folks lurking around who’ll be able to help with tips too. As the date of the march approaches, and we get an idea of who’s coming into town, I’ll be happy to help arrange things locally.
Whooootttttt HOoooooot!!! I’ve got tickets!!!!!! I’m coming, baby!!!!
I’m flying into IAD/Dulles. The fare was only $40 more than BWI. Having traveled a bit, I know when to drive and when to let the natives drive 🙂
I am so freaking excited!!!
I’m flying in from Sacramento Thursday night which lands me in DC in the morning. (that way I’m not hoofing it around at night) and then I leave Monday late afternoon.
I can’t wait to meet you all!!!!!
My brother is coming by rail from Boston.
Dulles is a pretty stunning airport, architecturally speaking. Here’s the page about ground transportation; it might not be as bad as I had figured.
I had just got the tix confirmation when and then called my husband who is out of town and then.. THEN saw your reply LOL
Thank you for the transit links. I think it will go okay. I was very worried about the return flight home being in BWI. Also I wanted a return flight that wouldn’t mean my family was picking me up at midnight.
My son is a bit worried I’ll be getting on a plane “WITHOUT HIM” – this has never occured before. He wants to go with me. My daughter made a hemp bracelet last night that will be permanently tied to my wrist when I leave them.
My husband is proud, supportive, but very very worried that our country can’t be trusted to not hurt peaceful demonstrators.
Truly, I feel like my heart has wings. I think I’m going to go sit in a corner and cry some tears that I have no idea where they coming from. …
((((to you all))) Thank you for all your help, and for being there.
I dunno – I thought I’d check in on the experiment, but I still have ads for the Beach Boys and Kokomo. Do I need to clean out my cache?
Wonder what happens if we keep referring to Google? Will Google go into some kind of infinite loop and explode, like on the original Star Trek episodes?
Warning: Shameless but somewhat subtle (?) diary plug:
I wonder what kinds of ads will turn up tomorrow evening at the FBC Jazz Jam Week 3?
Is not part of this comment. There is not a bookstore in the misty-sunny scene below, however the view is similar to scenes that are often found in books sold in bookstores.
I’d rather be playing out there digging for clams, than either gluing in my shop or reading in a bookstore. I’m not even sure where the closest bookstore is at the moment.