You've got to watch what you blog about. I was warned recently about admitting that I've seen movies like Eyes Wide Shut, depending on where I hope to get a job later. Fair enough. But this one caught me by complete surprise.

A recent first-time visitor to this blog, from Saudi Arabia (!), got here by a Yahoo search for "lolita childs."

Naturally, this site, for all it talks about Childs, came near the top of the list (I mentioned reading Nabokov's book a few weeks back). If the man comes back looking, tell him I've never heard of her.

On a related note, Phil put me on to a recent news item that is similarly "by turns disturbing, sad, and hilarious." Free train travel anyone? Make sure to read to the end.

Finally, a word about my choice to designate all this as humor. I grant that it is dark humor at best, probably closer to horror. But as a genre horror has often flirted with comedy (I must credit Phil again for reminding me). If you think there's nothing even remotely comic about these very real episodes, then I predict you also did not at all enjoy Colbert's presentation at the White House correspondents' dinner.

If any of this rankles you, I dare you to post the first comment in ages.

Tags: Humor