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Looking at the title of this post, you might think that this is my submission for Darren Rowse’s Group Writing Project on Killer Titles but it’s not.

No, the title of this post is simply a couple of random observations that I wanted to discuss tonight.

Subwoofer Masturbation

To be honest, I’m not quite sure what to say about this other than it immediately makes me think of the scene in Howard Stern’s movie Private Parts with the woman straddling the subwoofer while Howard hums into the microphone. If you haven’t seen this movie, I recommend that you check it out.

So why am I bringing up subwoofer masturbation?

Well, other than the fact that I am wondering if anyone has really done it, I discovered this phrase as a suggestion in my HitTail statistics. Not only can you find some interesting topics to blog about by analyzing your long tail keywords within HitTail, you can also find some rather humorous long tail keywords.

How someone found their way to my site with these keywords is beyond me, as I don’t think I have ever even used either word within a post.

While this example is a little out there, I do believe that taking advantage of the HitTail keyword information is something that I should be doing more often. There is a wealth of information related to the search terms that people have used to find their way to this site, as well as suggestions for keywords that can be targeted to bring in more traffic.

So if you see a random mention of something like my Reflection poem, you can assume that I am targeting one of those suggestions.

Cool T-Shirts

The second random observation that has been on my mind today is the fact that I am quickly becoming addicted to threadless.com and their really cool t-shirts.

Unfortunately for me, I just ordered a handful of shirts and now they are running a sale where all of their shirts are $12. If you’re interested to see which shirts I recently bought, here you go:

• Foam Monster In Emotional Reunion With Severed Limb
• Birds & The Bees
• Lil’ Soap
• Slinky + Escalator = Infinite Fun

The really cool thing about Threadless is that the t-shirt designs are created by the artists of the Threadless community. Every Monday there are new designs released and I have found myself checking the site first thing on Monday mornings to see what is new.

In addition to the above, Threadless is a company right near my back yard and it is always a good thing when you find a local company that you enjoy doing business with and can support from time to time.

Random Observations

Sure, these random observations are a bit out of left field but that is how my day has been today. The kids had their first day of school today and that brought about an eerie silence as I worked from home.

On a positive note, I was able to hammer out a post that I will be submitting to Darren’s Group Writing Project so look for that to publish tomorrow over at The Man Page.

Until then, I hope you found something interesting (or at least humorous) in this random walk through my thoughts. Feel free to be equally as random with your comments, lol.