What has two thumbs and is wreaking havoc on my Google News alerts? This guy:
actually, I can't tell how many thumbs he has from this pic
From today’s Google News alert e-mail alone:
| Tim Donnelly files Arizona-style immigration bill San Francisco Chronicle The measure by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, a conservative Republican from Twin Peaks (San Bernardino County), would make it a crime under California law to be … |
| Donnelly introduces immigration bill Redlands Daily Facts As promised, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly‘s first official act as a state lawmaker was to introduce a stiff new immigration bill. Donnelly, a Republican from … |
| Political opposites Cedillo, Donnelly assigned adjoining desks Sacramento Bee Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, and Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks, have been assigned adjoining desks on lower house’s 80-member floor. … |
| Freshman GOP assemblyman proposes immigration crackdown Sacramento Bee “I’m excited about the legislation,” said Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, a Twin Peaks Republican. “I think it’s going to help us get the problem of illegal … |
Sigh for the woes of an all-too common name in a world increasingly based on recognizable bylines, because I get a lot of wandering internet traffic from California of people most likely looking for this guy (with whom I did exchange e-mails once while working on a minuteman-related story in South Carolina).
But a reminder to all aspiring freelancers, writers, solo musicians, artistic people or anyone who hopes to have people find them easily in the post-SEO age: buy your domain name, and don’t. let. that. ish. expire. EVER. Seriously folks: even if you don’t do anything with it right away, it costs $10 a year. You’ll regret it if someone else snatches it up, especially if it’s some pesky Right Coast freelancing journalist foiling your campaign for state assembly.
So you’re in town from Ohio, quietly enjoying your week on the beach and devouring page after page of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” when you glance up to see a GIANT GATOR emerging from the ocean. This, most likely, was not in the brochure. Luckily, Clemson associate professor Richard Blob can help.
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