I was looking at my Google Analytics stats from a couple days ago and was surprised to find a huge spike in visitors. I looked at the search terms that had led so many supposed fiction enthusiasts to my doorstep and found a new phrase on the list:

Thomas McAuley drugs

I slowly raised my hand to ask for an explanation but, being a work-from-home web designer surrounded only by dogs and cats, no one called on me. It would be up to me to get to the bottom of my new association with the dark side. In a handful of clicks I found this news item: 

Drugs bust man facing execution

Wednesday, 29 April 2009

A Belfast man could be facing a death sentence in Thailand after being arrested and accused of dealing in a cocktail of drugs in a beach resort.

Thomas McAuley, 48, was allegedly caught in a police sting operation in the Thai resort of Pattaya, 100 miles east of Bangkok this week. Thai police say he was dealing in crystal ice, methamphetamines, known locally as ‘yaa baa’ — the mad drug — and also opium and cannabis.

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So, again, if you've happened to Google me and have stumbled across an overabundance of drug references, fear not. I am NOT facing the death penalty...yet.