What good is a concept, a project, an idea, energy, if you're trumped by the guy with more money than you? The internet is still a place where merit matters until we start selling off chunks of what effectively is all of our idea (or imagination) space. Got to thinking about this at about the same time I got this email:

Received: 12:17 AM
"Brandon - I can get your site to the top of a search engines listings. If you're interested, reply with the web addresses you want to promote and the best way to contact you with some options. - [Name omitted]"

Sent: 12:38 AM
[Name omitted] - thanks for offering your services. I won't be needing them... the majority of my work makes its way around the internet with enough speed from viral activity that search engines are often behind by the time things hit a fever pitch. Besides, I don't want to force people to see stuff - what and how things enter into people's consciousness ought to be up to them and vetted through sound decision making and trust, not a large SEO budget. Thanks!