BS: Ego-Surfing revisited

Subject: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 07:39 PM

Some of you may remember the Ego-Surfing Thread some time ago, concerning the narcissistic practice of typing your own name into the Google search box and seeing what came spewing out.

A variation of this is to type your Mudcat name followed by .com (and preceded by www., obviously) into your browser window to find out if you have your own website.

I have to confess shamefacedly that there does not appear to be a murraymacleod.com, but Catspaw, Ebbie, BillD, and Gargoyle ( four selected at random) all have their own sites. Max and Kendall both have one coming online shortly.

Oh yes, and GUEST also has a site ....

Personally, I am far too busy to bother with such trivialities, but it might be amusing if those of you with nothing better to do could report back with any amusing discoveries.

HINT: if .com doesn't yield any results, try .net, .org, , or any of the international suffixes. At the very least, you are bound to come up with a porno site if you try .de.

Murray

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: Ebbie
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 07:51 PM

I have my own website? That's news to me. I shall go check it out forthwith.

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: Ebbie
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 07:56 PM

OK, I rather like EBBIE GOODFELLOW, Hockey Hall of Fame. Wrong sex and I don't even skate but hey, For s/he's a jolly good fellowowowowowoooo.

Ebbie

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: Bobert
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 07:59 PM

Are you kidding?

It was back 'round the summer of '64 and I spent the summer at the Jersey shore and well, got a used Shark surfboard, as if I actually knew how to surf, right? Well, spent an entire afternoon paddling it and finally got up on the danged thing. Sort of. Then next thing you knew people were pullin' my soory butt up on the shore, taking it to the local hospital for a hald a dozen stitches in the back of my head from getting beaned by the danged surf board.

So believe me, I ain't got no surfin' ego. Just a scar..

Oh! Sorry... this is about compudders, ain't it?

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: Ebbie
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 08:01 PM

An Ego-scar? I know wes ginny is big on Nascar...

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 08:04 PM

Ebbie, have you visited http://www.ebbie.com/ yet?

Murray

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: Bill D
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 09:00 PM

hey!...my site won't even let me in!...requires password!...do you suppose I am running a porn site?

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: CarolC
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 09:15 PM

Pretty cool.

I wonder if she plays the accordion.

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: Mudlark
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 09:39 PM

I find I am in the process of building a website, and have been invited to check construction progress soon... in 10 different languages. Gee, I always wanted to be a linguist.

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: Ebbie
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 09:50 PM

Well, I do declare! After what you said, Murray, I was afraid that I was running a porn site, (LOL, Bill D) but no, I'm very genteel. My hotel/motel/bed and breakfast is just top of the line, honey.

This is what I can offer you: (Note that we offer daily maid service (a new concept) and that our beds are VERY large)

Air Conditioning
Daily Maid Service
Cable TV in All Rooms
Complimentary coffee and doughnuts served each morning
Rooms have Twin or Double Beds, sleeping from one to six persons
Family & Group Rates Available
Modern Apartments & Efficiencies
Refrigerators in All Rooms
Outdoor Showers for before and after checkout
Complimentary Beach Tags

The Ebbie

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 09:58 PM

I'm afraid to Google my own name. Might find out something I didn't know about myself and don't wanna know. Like that I'm a convicted sex defender. (That's the opposite of a sex offender.)

Bruce

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 10:00 PM

Murray you S.O.B.!!!!

You have accomplished, that which, all the harpy-cats could never do. In your innocence you have uncovered by personae and presence. In respect to your skill. I will politely bow out for awhile.

Sincerly,
Gargoyle

Been works been stale for the last few weeks,(not that last year has NOT been grand, it has been the best ever!!!)but St. Paddy's is on the horizon and the gigs are lined up strong and square.

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: Bill D
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 10:04 PM

where do they convict DEfenders? Is the punishment to lock you out of jail?

....and what do you defend against?

me, I'm a Sects Offender...every chance I get

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: Jeanie
Date: 25 Feb 03 - 02:10 PM

Come visit me at my website http://www.jeanie.co.uk
and see me as you have never seen me before !!

- jeanie

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: gnomad
Date: 25 Feb 03 - 03:32 PM

One measly place-holder, so now I can start inventing myself.

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 25 Feb 03 - 06:53 PM

Okay. I did it. There's nothing but my Mudcat profile. Now I feel remarkably unimportant.

There are some interesting people who share my rather unusual last name (Lawall) and to whom I must be related in some fashion. Several university professors, a well-known German classical guitarist and a shitload of lawyers, including Tucson's DA. I also noticed that many of the entries have changed the spelling to "LaWall" just like I have to emphasize its non-Germanic pronunciation.

Bruce

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 25 Feb 03 - 07:16 PM

Bruce, presumably Bee-Dubya-Ell is phonetic for BWL, in which case visit http://www.bwl.com/

Murray

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: GUEST,IanB without cookie
Date: 25 Feb 03 - 08:01 PM

I recognised you from that site, Jeannie.

I have a good use for ego-surfing. I find lots of times where things I've written for British magazines have been re-used around the world... but I never get paid for them.

- Ian B

Subject: RE: BS: Ego-Surfing revisited
From: JennyO
Date: 26 Feb 03 - 05:31 AM

Well JennyO seems to be into all sorts of things. One of me actually lives in Sydney (so do I), works in a nursery and her date of birth is only 10 days before mine.

But it isn't me!