Squids, sea-monsters and other distractions

Squidoo didn't used to be so addictive. I'd read a few excerpts of friends' books there, wandered round the odd page, decided I liked blogger better, then made myself a web site. A little while later I was clicking that dreaded "publish" button on Lulu and they brought up a "market your book" link. It seemed like a good idea to follow it, my marketing skills being singularly negligable. Then suddenly, without knowing how, I was creating my first Squidoo "lens."

http://www.squidoo.com/sheiladeeth sat looking lonely for a while, till I discovered quizzes. They're kind of fun, easy to make, and very useful for preparing Bible studies. I've been posting my New Testament quizzes for several months now at http://www.squidoo.com/new-testament-tales. And yesterday, as I struggled to catch up, I found all these curious sea-monsters swimming around. Apparently squidoo has changed a bit. Now there's points and not entirely pointless quests, which help you learn to do more with your site. There are friends and favorites that were probably there before but I never noticed them. There's real people really doing my quizzes, and hey, this is kind of fun.

It's also seriously distracting. But today, to fulfill a "quest" unlocked by my 25th "lens," I posted my first "music lens." I even gave it a different skin - sort of spring-like since it's a "Growing up with Christian Music" lens. Now, if I could just get to 50 lenses and become a grand squid, or something similarly fishy...