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Bo Peabody
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:08 am Post subject: [deleted] |
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mmstyle
Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Location: wherever
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:12 am Post subject: |
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Thankfully, nothing. Funny, I've never done that before even though it seems a popular thing to do.
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Well, nothing but random stuff. First name here, last name there. No alter egos, nothing about myself, although my univ. does pop up, so I must be in there somewhere. But first name is uncommon and my last name was probably made up at Ellis Island.
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:16 am Post subject: |
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I get a web site for a public relations agency. |
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Dan The Chainsawman

Joined: 05 May 2005
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:25 am Post subject: |
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turns out I am a 99 year old man from austin texas. |
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the_beaver

Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:30 am Post subject: |
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A novel title with an ISBN number and everything (which wasn't actually published because of the publishing company going out of business).
My place of employment.
Some guy with the same name who was killed in 1981. |
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Satori

Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: Above it all
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:19 am Post subject: |
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The first two hits were me, links to a music website I use. Then is went into random weirdness. |
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mithridates

Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:27 am Post subject: Re: Google Yourself |
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Bo Peabody wrote: |
Well? Go ahead! What do you get when you type your own name into Google search?
Share with us. What's floating around in the vast web of information with your name tagged on it?
Gossip?
A crappy college paper that you regret writing?
Perhaps a frat membership listing? |
Quite a bit if in Korean including a space on the Yahoo! Korea directory all for me. If in English, well there's a famous rock climber from Scotland who has the same name. If I do a search on Google Groups with my old email address I can still find posts from 1997 when I tried to start a magazine after high school (failed in a month) and one where I'm trying to find information on a Swedish all-girl rock band because I liked the guitarist. |
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mole

Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Act III
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:28 am Post subject: |
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Apparently, in a past life, I was a fairly famous Canadian sculptor. |
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Bo Peabody
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 9:25 am Post subject: |
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denverdeath
Joined: 21 May 2005 Location: Boo-sahn
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 9:31 am Post subject: |
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Just to name a few incorrect citings:
-CEO
-Christian
-Actor
-6'1"
-Lawyer
-Middleweight boxer
-Sailor
A few are close, but most are way off base. |
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Woland
Joined: 10 May 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 9:41 am Post subject: |
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Pages and pages on a recently retired college football coach, if I use my everyday name.
If I go with my 'official' name, the first link goes to another linguist at a US university. How's that for coincidence? |
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desultude

Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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I have about ten hits. The most are about a University of Chicago publication (book chapter in an anthology on Language Policy in the U.S.) which has suddenly gained currency again because of all of the anti-immigration, pro- official English activity going on now. I was pleased to see that my chapter is included on at least one ivy-league syllabus for this spring.
The rest are either travel related publications or have to do with my previous business in the U.S., as well as a couple of charity related things.
It is strange to be google-able. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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A list of students from my university and one entry from a guy in Ontario. He would be the only other living person to share my name in Canada. I checked when I worked for the government in the early 90's, and the only other person on record who shared our name was 95 then. |
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OiGirl

Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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The "other me" is a chemist and a Contra dance caller. Funny, because I used to Contra back in high school! |
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cubanlord

Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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cool. My family website was number 1 on the google search. My esl site came up as well. That's about it. |
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