Since I can't get past learning how to use wordpress, I have yet to make a blog.

So, I wouldn't notice this but, have you guys noticed?
http://searchengineland.com/061229-133230.php
Boing Boing had a consolidated post on this, about how on December 27, a number of sex blogs suffered various ranking drops. These weren't spam sex blogs. These were quality blogs that had apparently enjoyed pretty stable rankings in Google.