Googling Myself
April 10th, 2008We've all done it. The self-affirming little search that you do when you post your own name in the little box and see what comes up.
At this point, I've done it often enough over the years, that I see the same articles about me in trade magazines pop up, and of course, this stupid blog.
The real fun begins when you find other folks with your name out there on the web. These Googlegangers can sometimes cause confusion or embarrassment, and sometimes you'd be astonished at the similarities between you and the “other” you.
As for Matt Blitz 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0, I've run across in my self Google-ation sessions, the coincidental similarities are some what eerie. For those who know me, they'll recognize the similarities. I'm an
amateur comedian who loves cracking his friends up. I'm a former
theater major at USC who loves movies. I used to own a behemoth Chevy Blazer and loved
to go off-roading with it. Still love watching off-road rallying on
Speed Channel. I speak with an occasional slight lisp.
There's a Matt Blitz who'd got a stand-up comedy snippet on You Tube.
There's a Matt Blitz who comes up on the imdb.com database as a film actor and also has off-screen credits.
There's a Matt Blitz who also went to USC (Southern Cal) although 20 years after my time there.
If I search Blitzblog, you get a link for The Common Lisp Directory and a guy in England who's built some off-road buggy.
I think we could form a Matt Blitz Club. Would we need an adjunct committee for those who go by the name Matthew? Or Matty? And jeez, at the meetings, what would roll call sound like? (Beuller? …. Beuller?….)
At least I already know what the listing of the club officers would look like.