Most Popular Posts

When I look at my hit stats, I’m amazed at how people are still finding my old post on a bell hooks lecture. Quite a few people are running google searches such as: +”bell hooks” +”on Crash.” In fact, one out of every ten visitors to my site is coming to check out that particular post.

It would seem the combination of +”popular academic” +”mainstream movie” is drawing out all my fellow disciples of cultural studies.

I just figured out how, with my site meter software, to see what my most popular posts have been. Some of them are not surprises because I’ve been seeing them show up on my hit results for months after they were written. Others, I wonder about.

For example, the second most popular post is What’s In My Name? This was a post that was simply about how I like my name and wish people would spell it correctly! Explain that one to me. The Meat-Eating and Spiritual Practice post is the 3rd most popular, followed by part two of the report-back on the bell hooks lecture, and my big old rant about “church as entertainment.” Rounding out the top 7 (after this, the hits fall below 1% of the total visitors) are my random posts on the angel of death and looking for love (aka, how I would never have given my sweetie the time of day for a whole bunch of dumb-ass reasons).

So the most popular topics for me to write about - I guess - are movies, vegetarianism, angels (or death?), dating, showbiz worships, and the meanings of Arabic names. I’m not seeing any patterns there, so this data is unlikely to have any bearing on what I blog about in the coming year.

p.s. I still hate Internet Explorer for not adhering to standards. My new blog is still in limbo for this reason.