Memery

[shewhomust]

Neil Gaiman points out that he is Neil No. 1: that is, if you google "Neil", the top of the list will be him. Steve Jessop was so distressed to discover that Steve No. 1 was a commercial site, that he set up cfubbun - The Campaign For Better Namesakes.

But my question is: who's your namesake? If you type your first name into google, what's the top link, the one you see if you choose the I'm feeling lucky option? And how do you feel about this?

Jean No. 1 is The Jean Piaget Society: could've been worse...

Well, that blew my LJ anonymity, didn't it?

Comments

[ratmmjess.livejournal.com]

I get a platform for Java. Harrumph.

[janni.livejournal.com]

I get ... my web page.

There are advantages to having an unusual name. :-)

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, Janni No. 1!

[vschanoes.livejournal.com]

I get...a website for purchasing FM transmitter and audio equipment. I have no idea why my name is the name of their company, but there it is.

I'm just glad it's not porn. For a while there was a time when every media representation of my first name I came across involved prostitution and/or stripping.

[profane-stencil.livejournal.com]

I get a US President, a recent one.

If you want to rescue your lj anonymity, you could make this friends-only.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

If you want to rescue your lj anonymity, you could make this friends-only.

Thanks, but even supposing anyone other than my friends reads this, I don't actually care about anyone other than my friends: if I've blown my anonymity with you, it can stay blown!

[sekhmets-song.livejournal.com]

I actually was named after an actress. But I get a singer I hate when I do the google thang.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Thank you. And thanks for the correction.