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I'm a lister. I admit it. I like to make lists and analyze lists to see if I can determine a trend, a trend that I then might be able to take advantage of to help my business.

The very first time I made a comment in a blog at Active Rain, the spam prevention system asked me to type the graphic into the little box. If I stay logged in and make additional comments, it usually doesn't ask me to type more graphics into the box.

Most such systems are totally random, using thousands, sometimes even millions and billions of text and number combinations. Rarely, if ever, do they spell a word. My first graphic did spell a word, sort of:

moosewood

So I've been making a list of all the graphics to see just how random they were and if the same graphic ever came up twice. The results might surprise you. I've even separated the graphics into categories and the number of times that I have had to type the graphic. Additionally, I did an Internet search on many graphics and increased my knowledge base since some of the ones I didn't know actually are things.

Vegetation and foods

1. allspice (twice)
2. almond
3. anonilla
4. avocado
5. azarole
6. banana
7. bilimbi
8. breadfruit
9. bunya-bunya
10. cacoa
11. cactus
12. calabura
13. canistel (also known as eggfruit, see 23)
14. carambola
15. chempedale
16. cheremai (three times)
17. clove
18. cocoa
19. cocoplum
20. cuachilote
21. cupu-assu
22. dasheen
23. effgruit (see 13)
24. farkelberry
25. ginseng (twice)
26. grumichama (twice)
27. grumixameira
28. guabiroba
29. guama
30. hackberry
31. jackfruit
32. jojoba
33. jostaberry
34. juneberry
35. kenaf
36. ketoepa
37. koorkup
38. lime
39. lingaro
40. lingonberry
41. loquat
42. louvi (twice)
43. lucuma (twice)
44. maprang
45. moringa (twice)
46. myrobalan
47. okra
48. orangeberry
49. pacay
50. pandanus
51. papaya
52. peanut
53. pecan
54. pejibaye (twice)
55. persimmon
56. pineapple
57. pitanga
58. quince (twice)
59. rambai
60. ramontchi
61. raspberry
62. rata
63. rukam (twice)
64. sachamango (twice)
65. salal
66. sapodilla (also known as sapota, see 67)
67. sapota (also known as sapodilla, see 66)
68. sepiaia
69. shaddock
70. sheepberry
71. stemberry
72. sweetsop
73. tagua-tagua
74. tamarillo
75. tampoi
76. tayberry
77. tioepa
78. ume
79. yanagi-ichigo
80. yucca

Others, including possible definitions from an Internet search:

1. amra - acronym for Australian Music Retailers Association
2. caimo - Gioseppe Caimo, Italian composer (1545-1584)
3. cas - acronym for Chemical Abstract Service
4. ciruela
5. ciruelo - Ciruelo Cabral, an Argentine fantasy artist (b. 1963)
6. corozco
7. dalison
8. escobillo - Evangeline Escobillo, Philippine insurance commissioner charged with corruption in 2007
9. grauba
10. hilma - Hilma of Kent, a Swedish artist and mystic
11. imbe (twice) - acronym for Improved Multi-Band Excitation
12. kawa - computer scheme environment written in Java
13. luma - represents the brightness of an image
14. mocambo - West Hollywood nightclub
15. moosewood (four times) - restaurant in Ithaca, New York
16. mowha (twice) - acronym for Mid-Ohio Walking Horse Association
17. paco - nickname for Francisco
18. pacura
19. pama - acronym for Professional Aviation Maintenance Association
20. paterno - Joe Paterno (b. 1921), Penn State University football coach
21. roway - a trademarked term for a computer Right-of-Way Permitting System
22. sorb - acronym for an Australian group, Save Our Riverfront Bushland

Now let's analyze this in greater detail:

Someone at Active Rain is intimately familiar with plants and fruits, including some of the rarer ones, and some of the more esoteric names for those rarer plants and fruits.

Out of 102 times that I've been asked to enter the graphic, 80 of them, a whopping 78%, have been related to vegetation and fruit.

So let's presume that the spam system is left up to the head Active Rain programmer and make some deductions about him. We already know that he has an intimate knowledge of plants and fruits.

Based on the other 22 graphics, here's what else we can deduce about him:

• He's Australian because many of the plant and fruit names, especially the weird ones, were Australian. Addtionally, we have references to Australia. See 1 and 22.
• He likes music and art. See 1, 2, 5, 10, and 14.
• His favorite composer is Italian. See 2.
• His favorite artists are Cabral and Hilma. See 2 and 10.
• He likes the Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, New York. See 15.
• He might have a relative in the Philippines or lived there himself before coming to the U.S. See 8.
• He lives in Ohio (see 16) but likes Penn State football (see 20).
• He has a horse and is a member of the Mid-Ohio Walking Horse Association. See 16.
• He partied at Mocambo in West Hollywood (see 14) when he arrived in the U.S. from Australia (see 1 and 22) or the Philippines (see 8).
• Someone in his family is a professional aviation maintenance technician. See 19.
• Someone in his family is a chemist. See 3.
• Someone in his family, perhaps even he himself, is named Francisco and might go by the nickname Paco. See 17.
• He has a nice computer programming résumé. See 11, 12, 13, and 21.

There you go. A lesson in making lists and analyzing them.
Or am I just weird?

Some of Jim's blog posts

1. Make every Friday "Backup Friday"
2. STOP THE INSANITY!
3. If you can't get to it, you can't tell how old it is
4. Your digital camera can do so much more than just take pictures
5. It's hard to believe Zoey's already been here a year
6. It's hard to believe Sophie's been gone a year
7. Is THAT the house?
8. Don't trust, do verify
9. The benefits of staging, even minimalist staging
10. Please help me identify this type of architecture. Craftsman? Victorian? Modern?
11. Southern California fire season is just around the corner
12. Welcome to my home
13. If you could easily get rid of your child, would you?
14. Wow! Nice underwear
15. There obviously is no financial crisis if Zoey has been pre-approved for a $5,000 credit card
16. Getting to cold contacts. It's all in the approach
17. Is there trash in your trash can?
18. Private, gated, fenced, coded subdivisions
19. What's in a name?
20. Location, location, location? Ha! Views, views, views
21. Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam
22. Did you put that on the disclosure form? "I didn't think I needed to."
23. If you needed to hide from someone, could you do it in today's world?
24. A home is like a child
25. Should I stay or should I go now. Remodel or move?
26. Water, water everywhere, or is it?
27. Always on the lookout....
28. Are you prepared for an emergency?
29. Four secrets to getting and keeping online customers
30. Holding an open house with fleas
31. Tuesday laugh session with the "treadmill kitty cats"