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The Daily OrangeEvan Reisers battle for Google supremacy
By Reiser
Posted: 3/21/07, 11:58 PM EST Section: Feature
Google yourself. You'd be surprised what comes up. Be forewarned, though: you just may be led down a narcissistic and nebulous trail of no return.
It was in October of last year that Evan Reiser declared war on Evan Reiser. Not to say I don't have my inner conflicts, but I've yet to feel the psychosomatic angst necessary to declare war against myself. No, this war was in fact waged by a mysterious doppelganger who shares my good name, not over spite or nuclear weapons testing, but over our name's recognition. Apparently my place on the College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean's List was at the top of Google's search results for "Evan Reiser." My foe, an active blogger, felt slighted.
This other Evan Reiser, of San Anselmo, Ca., wrote this in an entry titled "The Battle Against this Great Nation" on his Web site, (http://evanreiser.blogspot.com/2006/10/battle-against-this-great-nation.html)
"October 24, 2006...
"I still hold the majority of territory of google: 'Evan Reiser,' but the vicious uphill battle (dare i say war) against Evan Reiser of Chula Vista, CA has begun. And so hence It was declared. And I did mean to capitalize It....The war has begun against those who hate freedom, although unbeknownst to our bitter enemies. Engage battle plan."
Who the hell is this guy? I assumed, as a painter and relatively peaceful fellow, I would have no need for reconnaissance, but I may now need my own secretary of defense. It's a small World Wide Web, after all! Although most of my knowledge of alternate realities comes from "The Twilight Zone," I've entertained the possibility that Evan Reiser-2 could be from the fifth dimension, maybe the sixth. Maybe a polar twin separated at birth, confused for myself: the true Evan.
Further googling revealed that Evan Reiser-2, as I shall refer to him, is also a regular contributor to a blog titled "Microsoft is Awesome- The #1 Microsoft Fansite." Is it not punishment enough that someone might confuse me with "Mad About You's" Paul Reiser? Quickly, a list of hypothetical blogs I'd rather be mistakenly affiliated with:
It was in October of last year that Evan Reiser declared war on Evan Reiser. Not to say I don't have my inner conflicts, but I've yet to feel the psychosomatic angst necessary to declare war against myself. No, this war was in fact waged by a mysterious doppelganger who shares my good name, not over spite or nuclear weapons testing, but over our name's recognition. Apparently my place on the College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean's List was at the top of Google's search results for "Evan Reiser." My foe, an active blogger, felt slighted.
This other Evan Reiser, of San Anselmo, Ca., wrote this in an entry titled "The Battle Against this Great Nation" on his Web site, (http://evanreiser.blogspot.com/2006/10/battle-against-this-great-nation.html)
"October 24, 2006...
"I still hold the majority of territory of google: 'Evan Reiser,' but the vicious uphill battle (dare i say war) against Evan Reiser of Chula Vista, CA has begun. And so hence It was declared. And I did mean to capitalize It....The war has begun against those who hate freedom, although unbeknownst to our bitter enemies. Engage battle plan."
Who the hell is this guy? I assumed, as a painter and relatively peaceful fellow, I would have no need for reconnaissance, but I may now need my own secretary of defense. It's a small World Wide Web, after all! Although most of my knowledge of alternate realities comes from "The Twilight Zone," I've entertained the possibility that Evan Reiser-2 could be from the fifth dimension, maybe the sixth. Maybe a polar twin separated at birth, confused for myself: the true Evan.
Further googling revealed that Evan Reiser-2, as I shall refer to him, is also a regular contributor to a blog titled "Microsoft is Awesome- The #1 Microsoft Fansite." Is it not punishment enough that someone might confuse me with "Mad About You's" Paul Reiser? Quickly, a list of hypothetical blogs I'd rather be mistakenly affiliated with:
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