Have you ever executed a google search of your own name? It is pretty creepy. Also depressing. Maybe if you actually got a return of yourself it would be exhilarating. Unfortunately when you google Rusty Griffin you get a huge list of people with my name that are not me. For instance, did you know that some guy named Rusty Griffin is a sheriff in Texas? Or how about this Rusty Griffin in Colorado who has a wife named Holly and just got back from Mount Rushmore? He seems like a typical American. I found people with my name that were writers, politicians, advertising executives and some guy who owns a chain of lakes. A freaking chain of lakes? I hope to one day own a chain of ponds myself so I felt some sort of connection to this particular Rusty Griffin.
After googling myself I decided to check out a few more things. My home network here is called GrifWorks and if I were to ever start up some sort of business that would be the preferred name. So just for fun I typed www.grifworks.com. Guess what? Some dude back east who has a computer degree in HTML programming already has my address. Does that mean I will have to be a dot net or a dot org? This is crap. So I read on and the guy's name is Ryan Griffith and all of his email addresses begin with rgriff@! So this the guy that steals my username. I knew it wasn't Randy or Rick. So it must be this Ryan clown. Hmmm. Pretty lame.
Collette always complains that her name is so long and hates spelling it for everyone. Type her name into google and the first return is this blog. I have searched for most of my friends and family on google here are some results:
Randy - boxer penalized for a low blow, suspended in 2003. Searching with UT found the real Randy's phone number and insurance info.
Jenni - photographer of some sort. Searching with UT found real Jenni's phone number and links to different blogs.
Rick - artist, actually a really good artist. Also a professor at UVSC (didn't the real Rick graduate from there) Couldn't find the real Rick on google.
Mom - Google wanted me to change the spelling to Jerry. Couldn't find the real mom.
Dad - first return real estate in Blanding. Nice job Griff. You exist.
Strange that someone else could have your name. I wonder if they were called Crusty Rusty like I was. Hopefully they all are named Russell and I am the only true Rusty. One thing for sure, I am the best looking of the group.
Have fun wasting the next two hours googling yourself. Late.
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What name did you use for me? Jeri Reid? Jeri Griffin? Jeri Griffin Jensen Griffin Boyle???? I apparently exist with my starwishn2 name. hmmm I'm not convinced that you goggled me.
I love the Real Rusty Grffins blogs!
So Annie Griffin is a writer or something but when you type in Annie Wankier you get the results of the half marathon I did back in 1999 (1 hour 33 min 6 sec) in case you were wondering!! I love this post--so funny.
rick is a famous artist i alway google him/me to see what he is up to.. amanda is some city league bowler in iowa... i knew it was men't to be
Well..nice to know I exist ! I have decided its easy to have my name come up on a google search...lets not forget ..I am the only frickin person with such a handle. Some days I hate my name, but I love it when I am googled !! Come on everyone GOOGLE ME !!
Check out a blog I wrote some time ago about NAMES !!
http://activerain.com/blogsview/194867/Whats-in-a-name
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