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1. My blog seems to be growing exponentially in popularity. Two weeks ago, I was getting 10 visitors a day if I was lucky. Yesterday, the site logged over 100 unique visitors! Curious how and why I was receiving so many visits, I tried Googling myself, "Bryan Tanner". Nothing. The number one hit-return was another Bryan Tanner in Michigan. It's actually creepy how similar our blogs are. He's LDS, loves the outdoors, is a singer and even recently blogged about his facial hair. [Cue Twilight Zone Music]. Bryan's Blog: Opticwalrus.blogspot.com

2. CNN Blast from the past - October 9, 1998 - How fast can YOU swim when chased by a crocodile? - An Australian swim coach demands results by introducing a crocodile into the swimming pool!

3. After nearly 17 years, the SCI FI Channel is changing its name to . . .

4. NASA made a bad call. They decided to allow internet voting for the new name of a new wing of the international space station. Stephen Colbert is an air and space obsessive, so he ordered “The Colbert Nation” to go to the NASA site and write-in “Stephen Colbert” for the name. NASA wanted the Node 3 to be named Serenity, Legacy, Earthrise or Venture. But now “Stephen Colbert” is leading in the polling by some-odd half-million votes. So will NASA heed the people’s wishes?

5. Here are the "goods" and "bads" of World of Warcraft. Good––you can make 3-year, $500,000 contract playing WOW in Korea. Bad––You can be propositioned by this child-molester. (A Californian man is now in custody in Utah, where he's facing federal prosecution for allegedly attempted to lure a 13-year-old Utah girl to travel to his home and have sex with him.)


p.s. Did he get shot in the Stomach?! What is that red mark-thingy?

Comments

  1. jefebarrioFri Mar 27, 11:53:00 AM MDT

    I think that's just what happens when you get really fat. you can't quite reach your belly button anymore and it gets infected. just throwin that theory out there.

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  2. NoelleTue Mar 31, 12:46:00 PM MDT

    Wow, that IS weird how many people are reading your blog all of a sudden. I wonder what made the change. Do you track where they are coming from on a map or anything? Also, SO weird about the other Bryan Tanner blog. His was surprisingly similar to yours. He's studying music at UofM, I wonder if our friend Jason knows him.

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