I had a search on my blog this month, “do people use cars in the taklamakan desert ” (to which the answer is, “yes” - there are lots of camels, but cars tend to be less smelly, and they usually don’t spit either…)

In my defence looking for a “Judas Unchained” ebook, I do all my reading on my palm pilot - I hate lugging books around, but I buy all of mine legitimately from fictionwise.com. What could be better for turning a profit than selling a book which has NO marginal cost per unit sold? There’s no printing costs, no shipping, no opportunity cost of having it on a shelf where you could have a better book sitting there. I’m doing my bit for Mr Hamilton…

Blog on, mate!

Charlotte

I found this post strangely compelling and intriguing. I’m guessing you never would have expected that! Let me explain…

Your “Why did they want to know?” response to the origins of sauerkraut query hit my funny bone. But I guess what’s so intriguing is that those people who queried their way to your site looking for answers to odd questions would in fact find an answer now. It’s sort of a crazy Schrodinger’s cat thing that I can’t get quite my head around. It’s like the answers are not on your site but yet they are.

Or, you’re playing a subtle trick on readers. That possibility only adds to the mystery.

Then again, I’m probably reading WAY too much into it…

Anyway, thanks for the amusing post!

Mike