I have been Googling my self from time to time, but today I found sometime to chronicle the saga. I have tried various permutations and combinations (of my name), some with spooky results, especially when you alphabetically increment your last initial. Let’s start with the basic, I searched outright “Bruno Antony” and bingo I got 2.8 million results in 79 pages. For some reason Google’s nerdy search algorithm thinks there is something wrong with my last name and prompts “Did you mean: Bruno Anthony”, remember Google there is more than one way to skin a cat(fish) and it applies to my name – I am introducing this euphemism because skinning a cat is animal cruelty (and you go to jail) but skinning a cat(fish) is not. Anyways, I like my name sans H and I say it loud. I have forgiven Google the way I forgave million others who sabotaged my name (let alone the Bruno movie) by mish mashing my last name for the first. This used to be an every day event at work, especially when I called someone I never dealt with before. Recently I found out there was a simple honest mistake in my caller ID because they switched my first name for the last. The problem wasn’t readily apparent, typically you don’t get to see your own caller id unless you call a number right next to you, It took almost 4 years to narrow down this faux pas (by accident off course) but glad I was able to figure out. The bottom line is, what you think is what you are; at times what others see (about you) matters too.
Back to our topic, this character called “Bruno Anthony” from the 1951 Hitchcock movie “Strangers on a train” appears consistently on top of my search results, apparently a guy called Robert Walker played this role; coincidentally he died almost a month after the movie debut. Few years ago I watched this movie out of curiosity (Thank you Netflix online!!) And it’s a good time killer as opposed to a suspense thriller. It’s about two total strangers meeting in a train and hatching a plan to mutually murder their adversaries, so the motive will remain a riddle. Please watch the movie for rest of the story.
Its good to know my LinkedIn profile gets listed some where in the middle of the first page, something good portrayed about “Bruno Antony” by Bruno Antony, aside from the photogenic mug shot as my wife puts it. My website in progress www.brunoantony.us is listed in the bottom of the second page of the search results, reminds me I should invest sometime this summer to revamp it. Interestingly these days my facebook profile is returned on the first page. There is a plastic artist with my name somewhere in this world. Aside from that I don’t find anyone with a chutzpah emerge in my search for another “Bruno Antony”. Hmm, still wondering why my blog didn't show up..
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Husband wanted to call the hospital
ReplyDeleteto ask about his pregnant wife,
but accidently called the cricket stadium.He asks, “How’s the situation?”He was shocked & nearly died on hearing the reply.They said, “It’s fine. 3 are out,
hope to get another 7 out by lunch,
last one was a duck!”