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A Rhinoceros in the Kitchen
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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"Don't make eye contact" I tell myself, but it's hard, it's a rhinoceros and it's in my kitchen.
I make coffee in the mornings, glance over, acknowledge it, then find ways of procrastinating. More coffee, breakfast, snacks, bite of lunch, dinner, I wander past it head in the air, down to the basement to clean the cat litter.
It's been there for a week.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Books
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I can't add to the praise this book has justly received, laughing out loud frequently and reading the entire novel in a sitting, all the while thinking of who I could lend it to...
The Boy. He's probably, almost-not-quite ready but he really should read this.
And unlike "Absurdistan" it has depth and resonance. Undoubtedly you've heard of it, probably you've already read it (and I'm dying to give spoilers, like how the attorney is the best depiction of a lawyer I've seen since Barry Zuckerman in "Arrested Development" or quote from the novel...), but if you haven't pick it up. A light but rewarding read.
Hoxton Street Monster Supplies
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Truly great places to take kids - if your in London: Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, or if you're in New York try: The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company.
Rod Boyle - SEO
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Now I get these emails all the time, promising to help me to optimize my website so I'm highly visible to all the search engines and #1 in search results related to me. I didn't think I was doing so bad, when I search for me I come up #1 for Rod Boyle and #3 for Rod's Blog, but I shouldn't let it go to my head. I can do better.
I mean, it's #1 out of about 1,550,000 results, most of which have nothing to do with me, and if I put quotes about my name I'm #1 out of about 6,580 results, most of which have nothing to do with me but it's still something, although no great shakes.
If I changed my name to something like "Augustus Cervantes Diablo Boyle" I could be the #1 and only, which would be good, but a lot of people would just end up searching for "Augustus Boyle" and I'd be back down in the rankings again, so there's really no point.
What would I want to be #1 at anyways? Maybe "Artist". That would be good, type in Art or Artist or Genius or Writer or Literature or F. Scott Fitzgerald, and have me come in at #1.
Sex would also be good. I'd pay to be the #1 thing people see, think and/or imagine when they search for sex.
But do you know what would be better? I mean, the above, I could work on the site in that direction and sooner or later I might actually get there, but there's something I'm not sure about. What if I wanted to be #1 for the search word "Google"? That would be worth paying for. People search for "Google" and the first thing they see is me. Then I'd know I'd made it. Next time I get an email offering to maximize my site for the keywords I choose I'm going to ask to be #1 for Google and see how much they'll charge.
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