Something strange is afoot.

I like to check my sitememter on occasion, just to see who's checking in, and where they're checking in from, and how long they're staying.

One of my favorite features is being able to see how they got there. Some of you come in through your google reader; some link in through other people's blogs; some of you already know me by heart and just type the website's name and come here directly, and on purpose.

Increasingly, people are finding my blog by typing a phrase or comment into a search engine. For example, during the election, I was amused and somewhat alarmed by just how many people we googling "Lawdy I Shore Do Loves Campaignin'" or some variation of that, and were being directed to this posting, which is (or at the time, was) the first thing google directs you to.

You can draw conclusions from the frequency of some of these searches. Obviously, there's something out there that people are talking about, or emailing each other about. Maybe it's a news story that has you typing in a particular phrase; maybe it was an overheard conversation at the gym or coffee shop. Maybe it's just a general societal trend, and you're finally catching on to it and googling it to see how you can get up to speed on it.

Today, there's something going on over seas.

Something dirty.

Something dirty on people's feet.

I've had two hits from people googling "porn shoes" in the last 24 hours- one from Slovenia, and another from Greece- linking them to this post.

It's unsettling. These countries, dangerously close to the ultra-socially-conservative Middle East, are being swept with a desire to put images of nekkid people on their feet. And MY BLOG is getting caught up in the craze.

I'm imagining the Taliban catching wind of it and somehow thinking I am either behind it, or encouraging it. I just hope that whatever terrorist group decides to act upon the infidels propogating this disturbing trend takes the time to READ my blog, and see that I'm 100% opposed.

God help me. I never thought this blog could draw me into such a maelstrom of controversy.

On the other hand, if porn shoes become REALLY popular, maybe I could get behind it and turn a buck off of it... hmmm.....