Speak! - Surveillance Edition

Am I just paranoid or is Google® continuing its robot surveillance of the "blog"? In a recent comment, T in Japan wrote:

"I doubt if there is anything especially sinister (i.e., more sinister than normal) about those accesses from Mountain View and Texas. Google owns your blogging service and Google wants to index all information on the Web, so they presumably have a program that tells their page-capture servers whenever a new post through Blogger as well. (That said, none of your posts since the start of January appear in regular Google searches yet.)"

In actuality, the surveillance "hits" only began to appear a few months ago. Never before that. Coincidentally, I had specifically removed the "blog" from being indexed on search engines. That's when the visitor numbers dropped substantially. Most of the visitors were searching for hottie pictures anyway. That could have raised a "red flag." Who would want to reduce the number of visitors to a personal "blog"? Maybe a "terrorist" sending coded messages in image files and cryptograms in the text, eh? Laugh if you will, but I am certain that "whistleblower" Edward Snowden would not find much humor in the assertion.

Typical Clandestine Hottie

Both T in Japan and Trumpingham in the UK mentioned the inaccuracy of the Feedjit® widget that is embedded in the "blog." They are both correct. The widget must be fully loaded in the Web page before the visitor's IP address is registered. There may be devices that are not recognized by the widget. In any case, Blogger® provides comprehensive visitor statistics. And, yes, all visitor history has been archived.

Speak! Mini-Update®
"Because I just met up again with the other Amsterdam, Noord-Holland visitor of your Blog, I want to say that I really appreciate you, and coming back to your blog is a homecoming of some sorts. I am the other person on the tee-shirt-photo." Annabelle, is that you?

Ol' Lavahead Mini-Update®
The common cold has relapsed with a vengeance, not even a week after the last tortuous bout. Otherwise, same ol' shit.

Slob Manor Mini-Update®
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"Crack House" in Chinatown Mini-Update®
I have engineered every contingency for all scenarios including high crime exposure. In other words, I am totally prepared to move to the "crack house." No decision yet, though.