Johnny Wishbone?

gregh — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:42:56 -0500

He wasn't a psychic from the island of St. Croix, but he must have seemed to have almost psychic powers.

Police Impersonator's Arrest Stuns Missouri Town - NYTimes.com:

They said the agent, a man some had come to know as "Sergeant Bill," boasted that he did not need search warrants to enter their homes because he worked for the federal government.

But after a reporter for the local weekly newspaper made a few calls about that claim, Gerald’s antidrug campaign abruptly fell apart after less than five months. Sergeant Bill, it turned out, was no federal agent, but Bill A. Jakob, an unemployed former trucking company owner, a former security guard, a former wedding minister and a former small-town cop from 23 miles down the road.
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Mr. Jakob even asked Chief McCrary to call what he said was his supervisor's telephone number to confirm Gerald's need for his help, the mayor said.

When the call was placed, a woman -- whose identity is unknown -- answered with the words "multijurisdictional task force," and said that the city's request for federal services was under review, the mayor said. Mr. Schulte said he now suspects that Mr. Jakob adapted the nonexistent task force name from the "Beverly Hills Cop" movies starring Eddie Murphy.

It would be funny if wasn't so scary. What a massive social engineering attack.

Recent searches, part 2.

gregh — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:50:00 -0500

It's been nearly 2 years since I last looked at what brings people here. To be sure, there have been some decided traffic changes. For one thing, my regular readership is much greater than it has been. I know this in part because Google Analytics tells me that since the first of the year, 32.27% of my site's visitors are returning visitors. (Mint tells me something similar, but I've only been using it a month.) The numbers for the last month show only a 24.85% return rate. However, I've had my highest visitor counts ever in the last month.

Anyhow, in a practice that those of us who follow our web access logs tend to do, I'll now arbitrarily elaborate on some of the searches that have led people here over the last 4 months.

Some things never change. 3.73% of my visitors since the start of the year came through a search for "Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals." That search usually leads to this page.

3.32% of my visitors search for "otherwise occupied." That leads to the homepage, generally. Following the clickstream, it's clear that that's how some people find me. For others, I gather they're just sorely disappointed.

Searches regarding USF are huge, and they also produce very interested readers. Rather than type this up, or try to analyze the various ways people search for USF information end up here, below is a screen capture. I'd just like to do a little editorializing first. Look at all of this! This is clearly information people want. Wouldn't it make sense for the school to publish this information online?

The final one is my favorite. It's "romero exception." It brings up my first blog post. There are 7 requests, all from California. 6 from USF. We seem to have the market cornered on Romero Exception teaching.

Otherwise Occupied - searches

Johnny Wishbone?

Recent searches, part 2.