so when i wrote this i had the full name of the person mentioned. much to my surprise (since i'd
forgotten about it), a month later i got an email from him, the following. all names have been censored
so that the issues raised don't come up in a self-referential way.

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Hello Mike!

You probably know why I'm emailing you. I was alerted by ----
----, whom you may remember, that my name has graced the page of
your weblog. Although you provided a disclaimer for what you wrote in
the very same sentence, please allow me to state my point of view,
and perhaps (hopefully) convince you to edit your otherwise terrific
weblog just a tiny bit.

I have a very rare (probably unique) name. While this might usually
be a source of pride, as this situation reveals, it can be quite a
nuisance. A search on Google for "---- ----" brings your page up
as the second (!) entry and one does not even need to click on the
link to read what you have written. What you have done is essentially
put up a billboard on the internet, for anyone who cares to look,
that reads: ---- ---- = Heavy drug user. I am more than positive
that this was not your intent, but the internet as a medium can
produce some very powerful side effects. 

I wager that it would be enough on principle for me to end here and
politely ask you to take that one little sentence down. Since I come
with nothing but good will, I will also say this. I was never, and
most certainly am not now, a "druggie" in any sense of that word.
While did smoke pot and try a couple of other drugs in college, I
think it is extremely inaccurate to classify me as a "druggie". After
college, as with most people, any drug use I engaged in pretty much
ceased. Now, this is not the first time I have heard this rumor
circulating among ---- . I don't know the origin. I
don't know who it is that at some point told some else "Wow, you
remember ---- ----? He currently abuses a wide assortment of
heavy narcotics in large quantities! Pass it on!" This rumor has
always been a source of irritation to me, but has now also become a
source of concern.

Employers check up on their prospective employees. Banks check up on
their loan applicants. Insurers are most certainly interested if an
applicant is reputedly a strung-out crack-head. Although I have a job
(so please don't write that I'm an *unemployed* junkie :) and I am
not in need of a loan in the forseeable future, you can see what I'm
getting at. Without intending to do so, you have potentially done me
a great disservice.

Well, I have made my case as best I can. I ask of you to please
remove that sentence before it gets cached somewhere and never goes
away. Suggestions for a possible replacement:

"back then, ---- ---- looked so innocent, so childish. Now he is
a starting tailback for the Pittsburg Steelers.. Who knew?"

"back then, ---- ---- looked so innocent, so childish. Who would
have guessed that his hormonal condition would cause him to grow more
innocent and childish by the day, eventually turning him into baby
Jesus? Praise ----, our savior!"

I really appreciate your understanding on this, Mike. All the best,
and good luck at Berkeley.

Cheers,
----