What Happens During a Post-Prandial Stupor?

Yes, ‘post-prandial stupor.’

Wiki: In medicine and specifically endocrinology, postprandial dip is a term used to refer to mild hypoglycemia occurring after ingestion of a heavy meal.

The dip is caused by a drop in blood glucose resulting from the body’s own normal insulin secretion, which in turn is a respone to the glucose load represented by the meal. It is often asymptomatic, but in some individuals it can produce drowsiness, leading to a postprandial nap.

While postprandial dip is usually physiological after a generous meal, a very sharp or sustained drop in blood glucose may be associated with a disorder of glucose metabolism.

I just came back from a hefty employee lunch (happy birthday, Anna!) and I’m paying for it now. Not in the literal sense, the company paid for it… I’m just regretting eating that much. If only there were an emoticon for the low, pathetic, gurgle of a dying rat, that’d be me. Putting things into a database isn’t easy when you’re like this. I can imagine gurgle rats doing better.

So, to distract myself I did some research to see what the blogosphere thought of me and to make sure I’m caught up with my contacts. It’s a good thing to do when the blogosphere is actually an arena in which you work. And this inspired the long overdue chapter 2 of the confessions of an internet marketeer: Spam. This will come soon, because I think I’ve gathered enough information to make some intelligent guesses about how it happens, who benefits, and how it’s not going to be your average blog bitch-and-moan about how we hate spam. Dude, of course you hate spam. I get mistaken as spam and even I abhor spam. That’s like saying, “Man, I just really need water sometimes. You know, when I get thirsty. Or I guess most liquids will do.” My point, in case sarcasm doesn’t across, is that saying you hate spam is just kind of inane.

Wait, I’ve got a blog. Of course sarcasm translates.

Anyway, we’ve all seen posts on how to deal with it, how to heuristically predict what is and isn’t spam, and how to prevent it — but what I want to uncover is who is benefiting from this business model and what technology is being used (bots, anyone?). I mean, if you’re the one pulling this thing off, there’s got to be some reason for it, right?

But yeah. Spam, and its ingredients, coming soon. When I can breathe again.

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