(Note: Since posting this blog, local residents have informed me that the house is actually located in Seymour, so the title of this post has been adjusted accordingly.  Please refrain from posting directions or an address.)

I was a bit surprised to find out that the town I live in, Derby, CT, was once the setting for an episode of the Discovery Channel's A Haunting.  The episode, titled "Hell House", told the story of the Beckwith family who supposedly began seeing ghosts and other strange phenomena shortly after moving to a new home.  Local ghost hunters Ed & Lorraine Warren were called in to help along with other  "paranormal investigators", and an exorcism was performed.

I particularly enjoyed the line: "Today, in the historic towns of Seymour and Derby, the legions of dead beneath the land far outnumber the living."  Spooky…

PS: This is my 500th post since starting this blog!

I didn’t really have anything to post for my photo of the day.  Mindy wasn’t having it, so she sent me this pic:

Forgive the nerdiness of this post, but I’m a pretty big Google advocate and thought this was exciting.  Last night they announced "SearchWiki", a new feature that allows you to edit your search results when logged into your Google account.   If you like a result, you can set it so it shows up first every time.  If you don’t like a result, you can remove it permanently.  The new function also allows you to leave comments on results that everyone will be able to see.   As an SEO, it’s hard to tell what the impact will be, but I think this could possibly cause some headaches.  As a user, I think it’s a good thing.  What it should do is force those publishing on the web to try even harder to make their content valuable.  Spammy sites will suddenly lose a lot of their punch because people will remove them from their results or warn others not to visit.

Of course I expect that you’ll all give me positive feedback when leaving comments.  Also noticed that I’m showing up in Google Suggest.  Small stuff, I know.

My friend’s father once received this card after pet-sitting for some neighbors.  I can assure you that he had absolutely nothing to do with Spot’s unfortunate and untimely passing.

There’s two new websites out there that let you turn yourself into a dancing Scrooge or a bunch of crazed dancing Elfs.  It’s just a clever way for Office Max to make a few extra bucks this holiday season, but I think it’s great.  They make for great email-able Christmas cards.  Click the links below to see mine or to try it out yourself.

• On Scrooge Yourself
• On Elf Yourself

If you set one up of your own, let me know by leaving a comment on this post.  Looking forward to seeing a few!