I'm sure everyone remembers that old childhood
rhyme, "Step on a crack, break your mother's back,"
right? So I googled this phrase, because in the past,
when I've googled it, the returns have all been about
OCD, and how that's one of the obsessive magical-
thinking type things that gets stuck in one's head,
on occasion. But now, when you google the phrase
"Step on a crack" what comes up is none other than
the latest James Patterson thriller, that has nothing,
so far as I can tell, to do with children's rhymes OR
OCD. It took me 7 or 8 pages before I came to a
listing for OCD. So why in the heck is his novel
called this? Looks like a marketing ploy to me,
because that phrase is so recognizable, and, as I
stated above, usually when googled one would
come up with tons of sites for OCD info and help.
So, a big 'BOOOO' to you, Mr. Patterson. Perhaps
someone who was looking for help just got sent in
the wrong direction.
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5 comments:
Hey, punkhole! Nice new links... why am I notably absent, praytell?
And even if James Patterson weren't derailing the google searches of sufferers of OCD, he would suck even anyway.
Oops. Didn't mean to imply that I'm a snob about formulaic, mass-media pulpy sorts of genre fiction or anything...
Anyway, haven't heard from you in a while. Give a girl a shout when you feel like it!
sorry... didn't know if you'd want to be linked/associated with an ocd blog! but i'll add you straight-away.
you're more than just an OCD blog, for one thing.
And for another, if i didn't, i wouldn't have linked you on MY blog, silly!
I like your cartoon. Hey, I have a
blog now, too. I want to live at
peace with everyone, bury the
hatchet and all that. I'm at
Down in Dixie or maybe the URL is
actually downindixieland.blogspot.
com. TerryB
Don't worry, Jen... I'll take care of this. Fuckin' dickhead...
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