On the other hand… I do see what you’re saying. Now I can re-read that comment and hear the voice behind it. He’s used it on the show.

Maybe you’re right. It’s very weird, but possible.

The more I read the tongue in cheek aspect of the post the more I suspect. Hmmm.. now who do we know who is a snappy writer, inherently funny, quite sarcastic and able to lob a left handed swipe so deftly?

As long-time readers know, it was never my plan to meet Bourdain even once. I would have been content to attend a book-signing or a personal appearance if he ever passed through Richmond.

It was this blog that sucked me in so deep. Once I started writing about him, it was like eating chips. I couldn’t stop because the demand was there.

Then when Bourdain put himself within reach, I just HAD TO go check him out to validate all the time I’ve spent on research.

For reasons which are still unknown to me, I think our paths were meant to cross. No one’s more surprised about that than I am. Well, maybe HE is.

The post is certainly clever enough.

I will tell you that the cats are not at all happy about the attention my Bourdain posts get. They were not his fans until they learned he has a black cat named Lupetto who came from a shelter, like them.

Meeting Bourdain in person occurred only because he happened to be within driving distance. And he will be within my range again in November.

I will tell you that Bourdain seemed not entirely pleased with what I was doing at first. But I hope, over time, he has realized I am supplying harmless information (available to anyone who wants to scour the Internet) that might sometimes be unseemly coming straight from him. And I give his fans a place to air their opinions, good and bad, so that he may read them if he chooses. His own blog comments tend to be fawning, as in, “Oh, Tony, you’re so hot! I LOVE YOU!”

While pleasant to read, they aren’t exactly edifying.

Personally, I hope Bourdain moves to Vietnam so I can take a rest and the cats can do more of the heavy lifting around here.

To cause the google to fill with these terrible things about the man’s wife so that he will be obliged to contact you!

And now you have celebrity acquaintance and the official redolence of a primary source-citing blog!

The secret plan was not of Mlle Busia to become a bearer of Tony’s offspring and wearer of the wedding ring – but of Blogger Cats to receive the recognition of the TV star and also greeting cards and friendly fellowship.

And this was all done successfully and so I laud you for making such clever utilization of the internet!

Ha-Ha-Ha! It is you who enjoy the triumphant last laughs!

Read forward. Ottavia turns out to be the good guy in the end and they live happily ever after.