The Catbird Seat

I recently received the following comment on “The Short Story By James Thurber” page:

I Hate Your Site &*^%!? I hate James %^&* Thurber!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?

The author was listed as, “hateu.” Fitting.

I have to say, I was floored.

Most comments posted on my are generally positive; due in part, no doubt, to the fact that most of my readers are family, friends, or friends of friends, I think.

“The Short Story by James Thurber” page, though, is the exception to the rule on my blog. I get many, many readers who come to my site after having Googled “The Catbird Seat”. That very fact is the reason I included the short story on my blog in the first place. (I didn’t want my blog to falsely advertise.)

These readers of Thurber’s story are unknown to me. For a long time I didn’t get any comments on this “post” at all. When I did, I was delighted that they were words of gratitude for my inclusion of the story on my blog.

I probably should be surprised that I haven’t received comments such as these. After all, the anonymity that a blog offers sometimes empowers people to make comments that they would never say in real life.

Nonetheless, I have been exempt, it seems, until now.

After the initial shock, and the feeling of “You HATE me? REALLY?”, I found the comment amusing.

I’m not sure if it was the comic book swearing, or the author’s name, or just how ridiculous the whole comment is, but it really just makes me laugh. Maybe it’s just that it’s so pathetic.

Whatever the case, I can now count myself among the many bloggers who have gotten “hate comments” and lived to tell about it.

Do I get a badge or something?

Filed under: General, Catbird, Tidbits on October 8th, 2007