Peek-a-Boo

Funny thing about the internet, it feels so cozy, it can lull you into a false sense that it's just you and your computer. You forget that, unlike writing a little something in the privacy of your home, you might just as well be sitting in front of a camera in your underwear.

It's good to remind yourself that web crawlers and spammers and cookie droppers and other odious types are out there, trying to capture your soul. Then spit it back at you in the form of phrases such as, "you may also like..."

Twenty hits from France and twenty-one from Romania. Really? Are they interested in my having tea with my husband? Or working at the cat shelter? What do they want, and why are they tracking me?

Maybe I shouldn't care. After all, I'm not selling state secrets or planning a coup. I talk about my little life in a little corner of the world. Harmless stuff.

And yet I wonder what the connection could be.

I've never been to France. I don't speak French. And I don't like Jerry Lewis.

As for Romania -- could there be a Schrimpf or two (or 21) living there? I'm told that "Schrimpf" is as common a name in Germanic countries as "Smith" is here.

There's really no point in dwelling. So I'll just continue to post and try not to think about the lurkers.

I'm just going to make sure I'm fully dressed when I sit down in front of my computer!