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Search Engine Optimization is far from an exact science. There's a certian amount of planning and there's a certian amount of finger crossing that goes into every SEO project.

Today I discovered that one of my clients is now on the first page of search results for a very general search term on Google, MSN, and Yahoo.

Go me.

This is meant for people with a programming background...

Had a bit of a panic last night when I discovered all my dairy products had gone bad and all my frozen foods were thawed. Every other appliance at the place is broken, why not that one?

Dejectedly pulling all the food out of the fridge we discovered that the fan had sucked a plastic bag into itself and it had wrapped around it and stopped it from moving. Freed of the bag the fridge seems to be working again.

Tim was nice and supportive of the whole panic followed by recovery process. Even helped me carry all my stale dairy products to the dumpster.

I have a lot of work to get through today so I put on some upbeat music to help me plow through it: the Chicago sound track.

It's been hard to restain myself from singing along.

Tim's car got broken into in my visitor's lot. They got about five CDs and mangled the pannel around the radio but didn't actually suceed in removing it.

The radio slides right out if you have the right tool, which was in plain sight in the car.
They missed the book of 10 CDs that was in the side pocket of the car.
They missed the faceplate for the radio.
They didn't break the window to get in (handy with a coat hanger?).
It's a victory of sorts.

Spent the weekend in Edmonton with Tim. A friend of his was getting married and we thought it would be a neat opportunity to go away somewhere and have some fun.

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I left out the part about the busker playing three recorders - two in his nose and one in his mouth! You sure don't want to mix those up. We saw him the next morning at the hostle too!

Also, I was very dissapointed not to be there for a hockey game but it might have been safer to watch from here. Apparently after they beat Anehiem there were people swinging from street lights and powerlines. Yikes. We counted at least ten broken windows on the "Copper Mile".

I had a very vivid dream last night.  Actually, I've been having a lot of vivid dreams lately but I can't usually remember them in time to write them down.  I thought LJ would be a good place for them but I really need to write about them when I first wake up from them.

Title: American Gods
Author: Neil Gaimen
Genre: Fiction/Fantasy
Advocate: gwenlister

Summary: Set in 'present day' America this job follows the life of Shadow, a quiet but intelligent man, after he is released from prison and begins working for a strange man who is more than he first appears to be.

My Thoughts: Excellent!  I think I liked it better then Neverwhere.  This book really appealed to the part of me that minored in World Religons but it was by no means a religous text, you don't really need to know anythign about gods or be interested in them to enjoy this book.  It inspires you to think about the nature of gods and events outside the book, the main character is dynamic and develops through the book, and there are a number of unexpected plot twists.  The only weakness I might see in the book is that it is mostly limited third person from Shadow's perspective.  I connected with and enjoyed the character but for someone who didn't the book might begin to drag.

Rating: 5/5

WARNING - spoilers in comments!

Yeah, I've been pretty quiet lately. I keep meaning to update but probably won't get a change for a little while yet. Also, my layout is still messed up :(

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