Take a right at Amazon.com, and then drive past the home decor blogs. It'll be the first English blog on your left.

Blogger and Google offer stats on what people out there in the interwebs read most on this blog. This includes keywords people use when they search, and what gets them here.

So, every week (couple months? pagan holiday? Chinese new year?) I'll dive in to see what people are searching.

This week's top Google keywords (misspellings included):

1.) jhumpa lahiri
2.) jhumpa lahiri pic
3.) aarp banned books
4.) banned books at byu
5.) jhumpa
6.) jhumpa lahiri pics
7.) jhumpa-lahiri
8.) patrick sweet east central university
9.) sexy funeral directors


If there's anything people know about me, it's that I like to keep my fingers on the pulse of all the latest Jhumpa Lahiri news. That's why she's been mentioned...ummm...once on this blog in two years. Today's blog post alone will probably result in a 500% uptick in exposure from the Jhumpa Lahiri fans who are one late night away from getting a restraining order from her.

But forget Lahiri for a moment. "Sexy funeral directors"? Really? Should I be concerned? Is the 10th most popular search term "grave diggers with great pecs"? Everyone knows funeral directors aren't sexy. They're pasty, clammy, and have deep circles under their eyes. Stereotypes tell me so.

Stereotypes also used to say that there was no such thing as a sexy author. But I'm guessing we can put that one to bed.