As far back as the Google Insights data will take us (2004), Utah has consistently out-Thanksgivinged the rest of the country by a factor of 2 to 1. You’ve got a long way to go, Texas.
Aug 2009
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Domain Of The Day: watersweeper.com
Today starts new series on this blog called Domain Of The Day in which a web site or domain name that makes my smile [satirically] is briefly brought to your attention.
We begin with watersweeper.com. If you think it’s simply too difficult sweep the dust off your sidewalk with an ordinary broom and pick up trash by hand, you can purchase this sprinkler-on-wheels for only $179. It’s sold as a “quick & easy” way to clean pavement and “blasts away dirt, … litter, [and] pop cans” using a constant flow of pressurized water. Since it only uses 8 gallons of water per minute, “it saves you money”. The idea to waste water on cleaning sidewalk comes to you not from the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” but from the dry desert state of Utah, where it costs $1.00 to use this device to spray water for 21 hours (10,080 gallons). 
At least there’s not a world water crisis going on, and good thing they didn’t make a documentary film called FLOW discussing the world water crisis.
Jun 2009
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Analytics For May 2009
I always laugh when the monthly Google Analytics report arrives in my inbox. This month’s gem was someone landing on my site by searching for “what type of link, can i use to get all the 2009 current email addressess at yahoomail.com,gmail.com, hotmail.com mail.ru of all the men in russian”
Other than that odditity, all is quite on the western front. The top posts are:
May 2009
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3 months ago Well your comment about "l even think she’d beat Titanic." This is not right. Titanic was in the beginning of the 20 century HOW can you compare modern superliners [...]
Tags: The Oasis Of The Seas
The map from this month’s issue of The Atlantic is the most disturbing thing I’ve seen in quite a while. The Oasis Of The Seas casts shadows on 20-story buildings, makes more than nine elephants worth of ice cubes every day, and produces enough electricity to power all of the homes in Utah’s second-largest metropolitan statistical area!? Is this really necessary?
"Hope Floats"
Real Fruit From Real People
I am becoming increasingly concerned with the Real Fruit From Real People slogan adorning each additional bottle of Tree Top apple juice that I consume. The superior taste of Tree Top as compared to the store brand apple juice makes me wonder if I should be paying attention to the writing on the wall bottle. What does this slogan even mean?
According to the company responsible for this mistake, this “refreshed identity … reinforc[es] the Tree Top brand promise” (a real person in every sip?) and “connects with the underlying motivation of target consumers” (to disintegrate others in a large and powerful blender?). At last the truth comes out: Cannibals, not families with small children, are the target market for 100% juice drinks!