As long time readers will know I watch my log files pretty close.  In the last month or two I have had occasion to be amused at some of the things I found.  For example I found the U.S. Justice Department doing a Google search for {“sheriff’s office” “clearwater county” idaho}.  I sent an email to the sheriff with the details.  In addition to just being a neighborly thing to do, Boomershoot is held in Clearwater County and I like staying on the good side of the people in the office.

I found another search by the IRS for {nancy amos}.  I don’t know if they were looking for the same Nancy that is my sister-in-law, but I was amused to send her an email telling her that it was.

Today I ran across something far more amusing.  Someone, at the IRS, did a search for Ayn Rand quotes:

Domain Name		irs.gov ? (United States Government)
IP Address		152.216.7.# (INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE) 152.216.7.5
ISP		INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
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Language		English (United States) en-us
Operating System		Microsoft WinXP
Browser		Internet Explorer 6.0 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Javascript		version 1.3
Monitor		Resolution  :  800 x 600 Color Depth  :  32 bits
Time of Visit		Dec 5 2005 9:54:12 am
Last Page View		Dec 5 2005 9:54:12 am
Visit Length		0 seconds
Page Views		1
Referring URL		http://www.google.co…en&lr=&start=50&sa=N
Search Engine		google.com
Search Words		quotations from ayn rand books
Visit Entry Page		http://blog.joehuffm…Ayn Rand Quotes.aspx
Visit Exit Page		http://blog.joehuffm…Ayn Rand Quotes.aspx
Time Zone		UTC-5:00 EST – Eastern Standard EDT – Eastern Daylight Saving Time
Visitor’s Time		Dec 5 2005 12:54:12 pm
Visit Number		51,048