Fun With Ego-Surfing

No, I'm not talking about my past column with the same name. Of course that one is so damned funny you may as well go read it anyway.

I'm actually talking about some of the fun I had last night with the practice of ego-surfing (typing your own name into a search engine to see what comes up). I do this and REALLY go many pages into the search to see where my name & various websites pop up. I found a few things worth mentioning. After all, it is about ME!

I found out why so many requests for autographed cards have come my way. As it happens some fine person frequenting the forums at dvdtalk.com posted a link to my site for all the prospective autograph collectors searching for a "good" potential investment. That site is rather well-traveled and it certainly would explain many of the requests I've received. It also gets to humble me greatly as folks try so hard to figure out A) Who the hell I am, and B) Why would anyone want my autograph? I had to register there and post a reply just for fun. Check it out.

From the "You may ask yourself, 'Well? How did I get here?' Department" comes this mention & presumably a link somewhere in the...get this...The Taichido Newsletter (May 5 edition). The link seems to be missing from the newsletter now, but the guy decided to link to the plate spinning video found at my website because, "this was what the inside of my head was like when I was "reconfiguring" last month." Uh...OK. They say there's no such thing as bad publicity. So...Thanks for the mention and I assume, some kind of link.

Lastly, you can see a couple of photos of me at work at the Potowatomi Casino/Indian Springs Lodge in Wabeno, WI this past June 15th. This was an odd little gig that involved a lot of driving and a very quiet, but appreciative audience. All I know is that I got a free room, some tasty food, and free range of the pool and hot tub. Finding the photos was a bit of a surprise and I was happy to find them.

By the way, I intended to have photos up for you within this post, but something's wrong the the Blogger ftp photo server thingy (Go figure) so you'll have to enjoy the links provided.