I promised you (subject to editorial approval) an American Spectator Online article by me, on the social and political aspects of the Vikings TV series on the History Channel. Here it is.
Phil and I have both noticed a spike in visits to this blog lately. An examination of our Sitemeter stats shows that every day we get clicks from people searching online for “countries with a cross on the flag,” or words to that effect. This brings them to my post, Flagging Enthusiasm. Those readers generally stay about two seconds before going off to search elsewhere. Apparently there is interest — in widely spread locations around the world — for information on flags with crosses on them. I’m at a loss to explain it. Any ideas?
In further news, my e-book Hailstone Mountain should be coming out very soon now. Just Kindle at first, I’m afraid.
Strangely enough, the Harlem Shake may be the reason. In this YouTube video that has been watched over 65 million times, an army unit does the Harlem Shake, and one of the soldiers has a Norwegian flag. If you don’t scroll down and find the word “Norwegian” in the description below the video, the flag is the only clue to where the video is from.
I just happened to watch a Harlem Shake video for the first time today. Not that I’m proud of that. I held out much longer before I bothered to see what Gangnam Style was.
Makes sense to me. Thanks.
I would like to point out that it is coming DRM-free. Anybody who wants it for Nook or other platforms can use Calibre to convert it to their favorite format.