Wednesday, May 10, 2006

curiouser and curiouser

Things got a little weirder today. Yesterday, I wrote about the unexpected experience of seeing Abby Ham on Bean's Blog and how he gets tons of reader comments while I get few. I received a flurry of comments today and a good suggestion that I should post more comments on other people's blogs as a way to get more comments here.

Here's the weird part. I got an email asking if I had seen myself mentioned on the website of a public relations firm in Dallas, Texas. The headline reads "Blogger Uses Blog to Hit on Hot News Anchor -- and It Works." I wrote back to the person who emailed me and asked how she had found the p.r. firm's site. She responded that she works for the city and part of her duties are to scour the Internet for mentions of Knoxville. She found the link about me using the Knoxville area of Topix.net. The weirdness continued when I told my "long suffering wife" about the Dallas site and she posted the first comment there.

Also today, a reader used the comment section of my April 7 post to announce the debut of their WBIR News Divas Fan Club.

Another email arrived from a self-described "novice blogger" (and pagan minister) named Dia. She wanted me to read what she had written about my public griping over the dearth of reader comments. She wants me to post a comment on her page but it looks like I have to join MySpace to do so. I had been invited to join MySpace by my friend Jennifer but I still have the same reservations I had on April 19.

The question remains, how did the Dallas p.r. firm learn about my blog? I suspect that they read what Bean wrote while they were trying to think of what free stuff to send him. Or maybe there is someone else behind this whole brouhaha. Someone who stands to benefit. Someone playing me like a deck of cards. Could there be a puppetmaster? Or should I say puppetmistress? If she is the one behind this, I hope she doesn't stop.

On a totally unrelated topic, has anyone else noticed a new reporter on WVLT named Allison Hunt?
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12 Comments:

Anonymous Jere said...

Here we go again...

5/11/2006  
Anonymous Amy W said...

You know Frank, you're like a magnet for weird happenings..

5/11/2006  
Anonymous Andrew (An Einstein Simplified Regular) said...

I have been listening to all of this on the radio and I have to agree with Marc, they picked the worst picture of you. Congratulations on getting world wide, and now you have one more comment on your blog

5/11/2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't think there's anything wrong with your....um... fascination with Abby. Just think it gives you and your "long suffering wife" new characters at home to roleplay as

5/11/2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anchor candy isn't anything new to me... My hubby was infatuated w/Kristin Hoke while she was at WBIR. It broke his heart when she left. He'll be glad to see a new chicklett. Congrats on going WW.

5/11/2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bean pays me a nickel per comment.

5/11/2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Abby is a babe-and-a-half, but so is WVLT's Stacy McCloud?
Major eye-candy!!!

5/11/2006  
Blogger Byron Chesney said...

Abby is indeed a hottie, but so is Beth Haynes, and she is a native Tennessean!

5/11/2006  
Anonymous Tara said...

Frank, just wanted to let you know that if you play your cards right, you and Abby can become real pals. I had a favorite celeb who's an actress, and long story short, I met her about seven years ago and she's now a good friend. So don't give up!

5/14/2006  
Blogger Chris said...

I noticed Allison Hunt as the replacement for Kelly Cox for the weekend weather. I had the opportunity to briefly meet Allison on April 17 when she was doing some reporting at the main post office in Knoxville. Good ole tax filing you know. I congratulated her on her new position and wished her the best.

5/15/2006  
Blogger Chris said...

Speaking of Kristin Hoke, I do remember her well. She is an anchor for a station in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area. I sent her an email sometime back. She says she made a recovery from breast cancer which she fought last year.

5/15/2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Looks like your gal is in the lead over here

12/15/2006  

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