Vanity Search

This morning I did a vanity search on Yahoo. I figured I'd get a lot of results since I'm constantly trying to promote my company online. And, to be fair, there were a lot of links to me and to the Bevans Group. But, sadly, this was the number one search result for "Ann Bevans":

Mary Ann Bevans - The Homeliest Woman in the World
Welcome to Phreeque.com, a virtual collection of photos and bios of famous and ... Mary Ann Webster was born in London, England in 1874, one of eight children.
...phreeque.tripod.com/mary_ann_bevans.html - 5k - Cached

Okay, first of all, what's this website? Phreeque.com? Nice. Now, just so you can enjoy the full effect of this, here is a photo of Mary Ann Bevans, The Homeliest Woman in the World:



Uh-huh. Now, by way of comparison, here's a photo on Ann Bevans, Not the Homeliest Woman in the World (I hope):



Can you see why this is distressing to me? How many hapless, potential clients are punching "Ann Bevans" into their search engines, only to happen upon "Mary Ann Bevans: The Homeliest Woman in the World"? How many of them think that's me? This is not helpful, professionally or otherwise.

Okay, you got me. That photo is pre-baby. To be completely transparent, I submit this photo from the final days of my pregnancy, back when I had my own gravity:

Can you see the moons? Seriously, North Korea was launching spy satellites into orbit around my belly. Someone should look into that. Miles, that's your beat, right?

Anyway, my point (if I have one), is that the internet isn't fair. There. I said it. One day you're tap tap tapping away about John Roberts ruining American Morning, and the next day you've got space junk floating around your mid-section. Or worse yet, you've got Mary Ann Bevans: The Homeliest Woman in the World.

It happened again

Amazing! It's been almost 3 months since I've posted anything, and once again, crying chicks are in the news.

This time, it's Hillary. She "teared up" during a question and answer session in New Hampshire. Woah - stop the presses! A presidential candidate got emotional? Somebody page Wolf Blitzer!

In other news, I miss Miles O'Brien. He was funny and nerdy without being cocky. Unlike John Roberts, who is just an ass. That's a technical term. But I'm still watching American Morning, because it's better than watching the crap local news or watching Matt and Meredith fawn all over each other on Today.

I'm still trying to cut back on TV, but I am addicted to Between the Lions on PBS. They have a cartoon about Cliff Hanger who is hanging from a cliff (duh) and is always trying to get down. And they have a dinosaur named Thesuarus. And don't forget about Gawain's Word! And Fred! Oh, man. It's awesome.

Sigh.

By way of baby update, Sam is almost 10 months old. He's a championship speed-crawler, and he's cruising like crazy too. His personality is really coming out. He is, of course, incredibly bright. (Would I say he wasn't?) Here he is with Poppy on Thanksgiving:

It's fun now that the house is babyproofed and he can move around. He always goes right to the one thing in the room that is the least safe, of course, but for the most part, I can let him move around on his own and get some things done, especially upstairs. The office is still a problem, but I can check my email while he's playing, so that's nice.

Anyway, back to work!