I love Bing

I have been messing around with Bing the last few days, and for some reason tonight I decided to search on myself, just to see what would come up.

The results of the search literally made my night, and hence drove me to profess my ( temporary ) love for Bing.

Background:

In 2006, the Carolina Hurricanes played the Buffalo Sabres in the NHL Eastern Conference playoffs. A columnist from the Buffalo News at the beginning of the series wrote the typical article you see from traditional hockey markets about Raleigh. We are all hicks, chew tobacco, can’t talk, are missing teeth, etc.

I responded to his column by writing a letter to the editor, letting the Buffalo fans know that the characterization was a bit off base ( OK, I blasted the city of Buffalo and its inhabitants ). I won’t reprint the contents here ( unless the need arises or I just feel like being ugly again ), but it was pretty good, as far as trash-talking goes.

I remember getting a call from the sports desk the next day asking permission to print my letter. I said yes, of course, I had intended that it be published. It then slowly dawned on me that I quite possibly was putting my family at risk, and that I might be receiving Scott Norwood-type death threats at some point. Alas, none of that happened.

Anyway…. back to today. So, I searched for me on Bing and found this gem of a link to the Buffalo Sabres fan boards, where I apparently was reviled and virtually spat upon. A sampling of some of the comments:

“Dear Scott Barstow of Raleigh, NC, GO F**K YOURESELF”

“Found the letter, Scott Barstow is an a$$. Has he even been to Buffalo?” ( Yes is the answer to that question )

“Yeah, I just read it online. what a punk. Why don’t you write a letter back to the News and Observer here in Raleigh? And by the way, I just looked him up in the Raleigh phone book, he’s not listed”

I have never run across this link until today, and have been smiling ever since. People were trying to call me, find me, and possibly harm me after all.

God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy