Delia Stats

It's been a gorgeous weekend here in the Northeast... if you don't have allergies. Trees are green, flowers are in full bloom, birds and bees are procreating, Benadryl and Claritin are selling out fast. I do have allergies, and it hasn't been fun. My entire weekend has been spent getting some sleep - it seems to be the best panacea for this pesky allergy (which in my case, can very easily progress to a full-blown asthma attack).

I did go to church and listened to a whopping homily from my parish priest: he doesn't like the Inquirer, invoked (the Blessed) Terri Schiavo's name, implored us to follow the New Catechism, overruled the 2nd Tridentine Council (which said that if you get to mass before the Gospel reading, you're okay), went into a tirade of what we should be focusing on as Catholics (i.e., fight the moral evils of our times - IVF, stem cell, homosexuality) - and how all the teachings of the church have been consistent for the last 2,000 years. And then he fully contradicted everything that he just said by challenging us to look deep into ourselves and finding the truth revealed by the resurrection. All the while I was sitting there thinking: condom. No, not in a guttery kind of way, but in how the Church responds to the needs of the time without diverging from Jesus' most basic commandments: Love God and love one another as I have loved you. He did admit that no one, NO ONE, knows the absolute truth... Something to ponder...


Instead of spending my few, remaining healthy brain cells on homilies and contradictions, I took a nap when I got home and woke up with a brilliant idea: check the actual stats on the DGAS Blog. And here they are (from 6/05 - present):

Total Unique Visitors: 9,712
Total Hits: 16,468
Total Reloads: 6,756
# of Website Referrers: 1,337
Most search keyword used: "Delia" (27%)
Hits from US Visitors: 70%

I don't know the significance of the above stats, but I think I am procastinating from having to do actual work, and I have to write a white paper on market risk valuation. Somehow, looking at Delia stats seemed more fun and productive than looking at parallel yield curve shifts.


Delia Gallagher