This surprised me

Okay, I know no one looks at my blog. That's not really the reason blogs are written.

But I did what the narcissist inside me demanded I do and 'googled' my name to see if this blog shows up anywhere on the world wide web. It didn't show up in the first couple of links, so I 'gimaged' (that's Google Image searched for those who don't know) my name instead. The first shot is of me from my profile on Suite101.com, a nifty little website that I wrote a little for. The rest of the pictures were of fellow Suite101 writers.

Then, on the second page, there was a picture of Will Smith as Hancock from the movie of the same name. I thought, "That's weird. I don't look like him." So I went to the site that had Will as Steve to see what was up.

I found this blog. It's pretty much just a blog from what I could see, so I did a search/find for my name. Sure enough, this chap from the Philipines had copied my essay about Christ from Suite101.com and had pasted it in its entirety on his blog, giving me credit for having written it.

I'm intensely flattered. I think it's super neat. I sent him a message on his blog, thanking him for the flattery.

It's cool to have my stuff elsewhere.

I'm done.

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