The Stories of DTS

DTS Update...

Whoa, it's been a long time.  Before I disappeared I was getting about 50 hits a day to this here blog where I write of everything and nothing at the same time.  I don't know if that's a lot or a little, but it seemed pretty good to me.   During baseball playoffs, I was seeing about 80 folks here a day.  Then, I vanished like a fart in the wind -- that's what the warden said when Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank.  Of course, my disappearance didn't involve Rita Hayworth or a sewer of crap. 

No, I disappeared because my job changed and I got really busy.  A good kind of busy.  Very rewarding.  I was working more which cut into my leisure time, which is what Stories is.  Leisure.  I'm here to fill you in on what I didn't write. 

Google is Fun

As anyone who has a blog can attest to, one of the coolest things is seeing how visitors find your page.  When there's a google hit, the blog author can view the search the visitor used to find you.  For the past month or so, I've had at least a dozen visitors a day solely from google users looking for Project Greenlight information.  "Feast screenplay," "Gulager Feast," "John Gulager," "Michelle Gertz," and many of other combinations bring people to my pages.  On May 1 Bravo showed four Project Greenlight episodes in a row -- I had over 60 unique google hits that day.  Other interesting searches include:

"Navi Rawat Nude" -- I can't say I blame the searcher, but this is a family blog!

"is it legal to spread herpes" -- uh, no.  I'm glad you looked it up, though.

"Dumbo and the circus freaks" -- I love that band.

"'Rex Pickett' lesbian" -- I have no idea what the searcher was hoping to accomplish with that one.

It all makes perfect sense because my target audience is the nude lesbian circus freak spreading herpes to John Gulager on Bravo.  However, even if you do not fit into that category, you are welcome to stick around.  Keep googling.

The Yearbook Project

The website for my yearbook project is up and running.  Please check out Will You Sign My Yearbook?

I have a theory that people write the craziest things in high school yearbooks.  Students use it as an opportunity to express love, anger, jealousy, or as a chance to spread gossip, or even to tell a story about this one time at band camp.  When asked to sign a yearbook, you can finally tell this person what you’ve wanted to say for four years, but just couldn’t summon the nerve.  It’s your one last chance.  If my theory is correct, I will compile such declarations, et al., and share them with the masses.  If I’m wrong, forget I said anything.  Thanks.

If nothing else, this gives you an excuse to dig through your archives and reminisce about the hot girl or guy in English class.  Good times, indeed.

The Point

So, what's the point?  What's the point of The Stories of DTS?  Well, I haven't completely decided.  To begin with, I'd like to get some pub for my yearbook idea, and will set up a blog for that all by its ownself.   In fact, I will make some grand announcement to that effect -- or not.  Basically, I am just a person who likes to write, read, talk about stuff, watch movies, watch sports, and be with my family.  I plan on discussing the latest books I've read.   I plan on talking about movies.  I plan on posting my short fiction that has been published at various places (the most popular place being my harddrive).  I plan on posting pictures of my two beautiful kids.  But, mostly, I'm doing this to spread the word about my yearbook idea.  More about that later.  You'll like that.  I'm telling you, you'll like that.

So, check back often.