Thursday, March 10, 2011

Have you Done your Google Today?

My search question of the day: Do they sell liquor in Graceland?

First, it immediately made me start thinking - hey, good book title.  Next, I thought - if my computer was seized, what conclusion would THAT lead someone to? Last, I knew that no matter what answer I came up with when the passing reference showed up in a book, someone, somewhere would complain that I got it wrong.

Btw, I did not get the easy answer I wanted but a barrage of stuff that, while might be helpful, wasn't going to help me vet that one line of dialog about wanting a drink before taking a tour of Elvis Presley's former home.
I did find some REALLY useful stuff at Wikipedia. Or maybe not. Okay,  I confess, I changed the line a bit to work either way.



Writers can't be everywhere so that's why there's the internet.
I'd love to hear from other writers - what did you Google... on Bing... or Wikipedia...today?

4 comments:

  1. and then moments later - Actual Bazooka Bubble Gum Fortunes. 6,980 returns. I bet I don't find what I'm looking for in any of them.

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  2. Used the Yahoo search today, and often use Swagbucks to earn points. Love the new look!

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  3. Thanks Karen - blogging is so odd - I have more followers on this blog but many fewer readers and many, many fewer comments than on my just for fun blog. Thought asking a question might bring some people out to comment here :)

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  4. I use google almost every single day. Today I wanted to find the value of an old book I have...and where the closest tall man's store was, and what the weather is like right now in Salem, Ohio.

    Hey, what can I say? I'm a complex kinda girl. ha!

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