NIPR.mil:
Someone from the domain nipr.mil and the domain disa.mil visited this blog last night via Cardplayer's Journal. After a little bit of google research, it appears there is a certain paranoia in the online community about being visited by the nipr.mil. Some think that nipr.mil is just the domain under which much of the Defense Department websurfs at the office. Others think that the nipr.mil is the secret (though not top secret, as that is a different domain) surveillance domain by which the Defense Department keeps tabs on people.

I don't know, frankly. It freaked me out a little last night. If I am under surveillance, I'd be more than willing to cease and desist if the Department of Defense thinks I am breaking the law. Please contact me if this is so.

Other poker bloggers ought to be aware of this possibility as well. There seems to be some possibility that the poker blogger community is under surveillance.

Anyone with info on nipr.mil or disa.mil is encouraged to email me. If I receive any interesting information, I will post it on this blog -- unless you ask me not to.

UPDATE: This seems to indicate that perhaps it really is just bored government employees surfing the web. And in fact, most of the people who seemed to think that the nipr.mil visits were part of a government surveillance conspiracy...well, let's just say they are the sort of people who think the government tracks our every move via the PATRIOT Act (and have never read the PATRIOT Act because they like their conspiracy idea).  ¶ 11:36 AM

  Paul Phillips and Shana Hiatt:
Many people have visited this blog via a Google search for "paul phillips blog."

World Poker Tour player Paul Phillips' blog is here.

Also, many visit looking for Shana Hiatt, "Shanna Hiatt", "Shana Hyatt", or something of the sort. There are pictures of Shana Hiatt on the link.  ¶ 11:20 AM