It’s time for another round of “search term fun,” where I pull up Google Analytics and look at all the search terms that have somehow managed to bring people to this site. Sometimes it’s fun. Sometimes, it’s a little scary … Also, I’m dawdling on putting together the presentation I have to give this week.
Ready? Let’s go!
As tired as I am of the subject, Christian Chavez-related terms still lead the way. We’ll ignore those.
There are several misspelled search terms: ‘pron,’ for example. I assume you mean ‘porn,’ and you might want to specify what kind of porn you’re looking for. If you can’t spell it, you might still be young enough to not be aware of the fact that there’s all sorts of porn out there, and some of it might make you cry if you’re not fully prepared. I’m just saying.
Several people looking for syllabi from courses taught by professors I know. Dudes, have you tried just e-mailing them?
“Is Zachary Quinto gay?” [Sylar on Heroes]
Photos like the above to the contrary, I don’t think so, but anyone can be gay these days. That’s sort of the point. To all the folks that feel the need to send nasty messages about this or leave ridiculous comments (which are now disabled anyway): The above image is a still from a very bad television show that starred Tori Spelling. ZQ was playing a *role*. I don’t care whether you think he’s gay or straight. I don’t care whether he IS gay or straight. Stop sending me messages about it.
(Thanks to Andy Towle for finding these.)
Is Zachary Quinto Jewish?
I … have no idea. He’s half-Italian and half-Irish, so my guess would be that he’s Catholic, but anything is possible…
“Is Eros Ramazzotti gay?”
I’m almost 100% sure he’s not. He’s been linked to every supermodel in Europe and has a kid. If he’s hiding something, he’s doing a really good job of it. Sometimes, you know, they’re actually straight. It’s OK. There’s lots of superstars who are.
Here’s one: “How to pronounce Mma Ramotswe”
Well, I don’t speak Setswana, but the lady who does the audio books certainly sounds like she knows what she’s doing when she runs through all of those names, so here goes: it’s “mm” as in “mmm, cookies!” with an “ah” at the end. “mm-ah”
I assume it was the “Mma” part that was giving you problems. “Ramotswe” is pretty straightforward – the ending is pronounced “way,” not “we.”
So: “mmah rah-MOATS-way.”
“texas gay egypt arabic university blog mexico greek”
Hey, you found me! 
“legal to email photos of shirtless boys?”
It depends on how old the boy is. You know, in general, if you have to ask …
“antonio bandera penis almodovar”
OK, to begin with: it’s Banderas, and the man’s first name is Pedro, not penis.
Check out “Law of Desire” (“La ley del deseo“). It has all of those correctly spelled elements in it.
God’s e-mail address in Saudi Arabia oil company
I’m guessing “God” is someone’s nickname. You might have better luck if you try his real name.
If you’re trying to actually reach HaShem Jehovah Allah, you’d do well to try one of the Western Wall delivery services.
List of detective agencies in Bombay directory
Try … the Bombay phone book? If such a creature doesn’t exist (they’ve got one for Cairo now, so there must be one for Bombay/Mumbai), try Google India.
Zamalek Egypt Abu Seed
Great food. The service is horrific, but the food makes up for it. You need reservations pretty much any night of the week. The same guys run L’Aubergine and Cafe Tabasco, which are also both in Zamalek. (Be warned: there’s no sign – it’s got an elaborately carved door, but it does look like you’re about to walk into someone’s house.)
Is there sand dunes off the coast of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia?
No. There’s a coral reef, but no sand dunes.
Pictures of Egypt in the summer
Interestingly enough, Egypt looks the same in the winter as it does in the summer.
Geek porn free photos
OK, I’m a little scared now. Is this the type where she wears a pocket protector and nothing else?
Here’s a few other ones that I don’t quite know what to do with:
“Austin body shave” — sad part is that I can think of a few places …
“passing car bomb” — I don’t wanna think about it.
“Christian Chavez since when was gay” — since birth. Duh.
“Bad rock Agia Napa” — I’ve been to Agia Napa. I haven’t been to music clubs there, but I’m going to guess that there’s a lot of bad rock music there. Unless you’re looking for the village whose name means “Wicked stones,” in which case you should try looking for “Kakopetria.” If you don’t plan to rent a car, forget it, though, as it’s at least two hours away and public transport is pretty non-existent in Cyprus.
“Quentin Tarantino man-love Robert Rodriguez” — Um, OK …
“Scat porn Paris Hilton” — aaaaand I’m done.
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And I thought I was the only person who periodically posts the odd and inscrutable search terms that bring people to my blog!
I find a hugely disproportionate number of readers are looking for “Daniel Radcliffe nude” or “Jeremy Sumpter shirtless” as well as “Fred Flintstone and Betty Rubble erotic video.”
People are funny.
Only the interesting ones, or the ones posed in the form of questions I actually know the answer to. (Although, let’s face it: I really just wanted an excuse to post the photo of Zachary Quinto making out with another guy).
I do find that an unfortunate side effect is the amount of comment spam I get afterwards, though…
chris,
i was doing a search on “is eros ramazzotti gay,” and i came across your blog. so, here goes.
although i’m a fan of eros ramazzotti, and have seen many of his vids. i believe that you said that he was absolutely not gay. i beg to differ, and i’ll lay out my reasoning regarding this subject.
in the time that i’ve been aquainted with the entertainer, i’ve read different articals, and info on eros. the one blessed gift is that i’m reasonably fluent in italian. a number of months ago, on eros’ facebook profile, he had not stated his sexual preferences re: looking for…. some time later, he added i believe just women. either way, i made the request to become a friend of his. and, he accepted. on it.myspace, i’ve just started fresh, and messaged him, because he had made the switch over to it.myspace as well. i asked if he was ok with me being a friend, and he accepted in return again.
through the times i’ve watched his videos, and music lyrics, i truely became a fan of his artistic work. on his videos, he seems cool and collected, but if you watch “cose della vita,” a duet with tina turner, a little bit of his other character traits shone through.
let’s take the duet with eros, and ricky martin “non siamo soli.” still the same cool self, with a bit more of his personality re:open, more relaxed was the way i took it. but, getting back to the subject of his sexuality. if you watch the videos on youtube of the behind the scenes for the making of “non siamo soli,” you see a totally different side to eros. he was openly free, joking, yadda, yadda. but, there seems to me atleast, and i’ve known a number of straight italian men, he was just a little more “playfull”, if you catch my drift. all i know is that my gaydar alert was ringing. the fact that eros has been rumoured in the european, and other press, to have been seen with a contingent of different female models does nothing to really convince me that he is straight.
remember the good old golden days of hollywood. many gay male leading actors were fronted with numbers of top leading actresses. for example, rock hudson. it wasn’t until he was in the last stages of aids that the news came out that he was gay.
for that matter, lesbian actresses were fronted with leading male actors, or companions to give the impression of the supposed heterosexuality. the stigma of being gay in the entertainment industry still keeps entertainers in the closet.
although there are notable exceptions today, rosie(whom i’ve met), george micheal(i mean the one big hit of whams where their dancing in black light, did nothing but put questions in the minds of us to say, “who’s the screaming queen think he’s fooling.”
either way you take it. being married to a women. or, for the sake of your entertainer statis, being fronted with a large number of different female models doesn’t mean much. because there are large numbers of gay men married, or in a relationship with a women for many different reasons.
Intriguing.
I’ll be perfectly honest — I have no major investment in whether Eros is gay or not (for the record, I said I was “almost 100% sure” he wasn’t — all things are possible). After all, I’m not going to meet him, nor am I particularly attracted to him. I have a thing for cheesy Europop, which is about as that goes. He strikes me as someone who’s very comfortable with himself, and I’ve known a lot of European men who are far more comfortable showing physical affection toward other men than us uptight North Americans tend to be.
My comment was tongue-in-cheek (most of mine are) due to the overwhelming number of search engine hits I get from people who, I suspect, aren’t seeking to prove their suspicions he’s gay so much as hoping that he is. (I also get lots of hits about every other celebrity I’ve ever written about.) To me, I stand by my statement: not every celebrity out there can (statistically) be gay — some of them are probably actually straight. In this day and age of tabloid media it would seem to me that if Eros had homosexual tendencies, someone, somewhere, would have attempted to make a lot of money selling that story to any and every tabloid, Web site, and Peresi Hilton who was willing to pay attention. On the other hand, one could apply the same logic to every other celebrity about whom rumors circulate (including the previously mentioned Ricky Martin — MY reaction when I saw the “Non Siamo Soli” video was “Oh, Ricky gonna try to kiss him!”).
For the record, I seriously question the concept of Eros actually controlling his own MySpace page — it seems far more likely like there’s someone on his management team who does that for him — same with Facebook. He’s also a “friend” of mine on MySpace and I labor under few illusions that he actually approved that request himself or that someone put more thought into considering it than was absolutely necessary (i.e., verifying that it wasn’t a friend request from a spambot).
None of this is not to say definitively that Eros isn’t gay. Only he could actually answer that question. As I said — it’s not an issue I’ve particularly devoted much time to considering. You clearly have
and I would also argue that part of the mystique of celebrity is that they’re packaged to be whoever their fans want them to be.