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Things I learned while ego-surfing

Oct 26 2006

The first hit for “Ryan Anderson” is this site.

The second hit is my American namesake and guy who probably gets a lot of my email, Ryan Anderson.

The third hit tells me that one of the contestants on that insipid From the Ground Up show where Debbie Travis yells at jackass 20-year olds is named Ryan Anderson. He got his girlfriend pregnant, and now he’s on a reality TV show.

The fourth is an article about a Ryan Anderson (a.k.a. Amir Tallah) who is a former US National Guardsman, and Al Qaeda sympathizer, now serving a life sentence for treason. Perhaps this explains why I am constantly molested by customs when I travel to the US.

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Actually, that Ryan who got his girlfriend pregnant won Debbie Travis’ show.
http://www.responsiblepress.org Joe

The great thing about having a bizarre anglo-variation of a German name is that you don’t compete as much in the ego-surf.

You’ve got to scroll a long way before you find a “Joe Boughner” that isn’t me. Apparently one coaches his daughter’s t-ball team, one is a teenaged football player and one is an Evangelical Christian activist type in the US.

But yea, it’s mostly me and my various web whorings.

Hey, do you think this comment will eventually register well in terms of Googlability?