I Made A Top Ten List!

I am honored (sort of) to have made a Top Ten List.

At least I think I’m honored.

Yes. I am indeed honored. And I’m very pleased.

You see, I maintain three spots on the World Wide Web: There’s this Rabid Fun Blog (which you are reading), my Rabid Fundamentalist website (www.cowart.info ), and my book store front (www.bluefishbooks.info ).

Yesterday, according to the Webalizer Counter Software my son installed for me, 95 readers visited my blog from 15 countries; 390 readers from 50 countries visited my website; and not one single one of my books sold.

A typical day.

But I got a surprise and a laugh when I looked at the top search strings readers used to arrive at my blog:

• Pool boy
• Weird
• John Cowart
• Living in a bus
• Little tin boxes
• Crazy party food
• Recycle plastic grocery bags
• Socks and shorts, and …
• The top ten twerps of year 2005 in the Philippines!

How did I make this list in the Philippines?

The only thing I can think of is that last spring an edition of my little book on prayer was published in that country and it was this book that earned me my spot on the top ten list.

It’s good to know that my writing is appreciated.

And I am indeed honored that readers in the Philippines have noticed my books more than readers in my own country.

I wish the Philippine people joy and peace.

Thank you.

I am honored.

PS: The book I’m Confused About Prayer (or portions of it) has also been translated and published in German, French, Spanish, Indonesian and Afrikaans. Alas, most of these are long out of print. But an English edition is still available at www.bluefishbooks.info .