someone in germany is stalking me

no, really. someone in hamburg was looking for rabidmonkey. and someone with a mac somewhere in america actually did a blog search for my blog. why i could not say.

most of my search hits have been about glasses ever since i chronicled the purchase of my new ones. some gems out of those are: where are the shoes from on the lens crafter commercial, unlevel ears (from singapore, and i'm hoping this was about glasses on their end too, not some odd fetish), and how to beat the bmv eye exam (note: be very aware if driving near canton ohio, because someone there wants to drive without being able to see.)

almost all of my other search hits have some connection to my posts about old buildings. several are out-of-towners looking for things here in my hometown. someone is seattle was looking for the upstage dinner theater in evansville (hmm...i know someone who lives in seattle but is from here, wouldn't that be an interesting coincidence.) someone is florida is interested in haynie's corner here in town, and down in georgia there's interest in the old marine hospital (well, they didn't say old, but we don't have a new one.) there's also some interest in buildings for sale, specifically firehouses in kentucky and evansville, and churches in chicago and washington (state i'm guessing, since the person looking is there).

one building search (firehouse bassemier) reminded me of something. a little while ago i was poking around old local news articles (this involves in a roundabout way the local library and my personal librarian, so thanx). now, i think i've mentioned before that hose house 12 on first ave. used to be a bassemier's store. in addition the guy who owns bassemier's (i think you can guess his last name) also used to own #8 on columbia, and as some point was hoping to make a restaurant there with his brother, although it seems that never panned out. funny thing about it is he had some zoning trouble (totally unrelated to the restaurant idea). it seems that an old firehouse automatically reverts to residential zoning when the fire department stops using it. also, you can't park large commercial vehicles in a residential zoned area. so what did he own that he had trouble for parking at his firehouse? a decommissioned fire truck.