Because I’m an academic I get a few hundred hits when I Google myself, but they are mostly references to papers I’ve written, or records of my attendance at meetings, or other things that have almost nothing to do with me. I doubt that there are too many people scouring the internet and cackling “Ah Ha! I found out that he seconded a motion to adjourn the Library Committee meeting in 2003! Very interesting!” It’s a different kind of safety in numbers.

I have nowhere to hide. According to google, I am the only one with my name. Which might very well be true, it is a bizarre combination.

Yeah, but if they're anything like my former classmates, they'll still be impressed.

Oh, sure. I just doubt that she actually thinks she still needs to impress the jokers.

There's a lot of Jesses that aren't you in the world.

True. And a surprising number of people with my last name.

I just doubt that she actually thinks she still needs to impress the jokers.

Oh! I get what you're saying now. (sorry - slow brain term paper burned it out last night)

Every hit for my sister's first and last are her. All professional, though, and indicate nothing other than her alma mater and specialisation.

Oh! I get what you're saying now. (sorry - slow brain term paper burned it out last night)

I fully understand that burnout.

Now I'm going to have to go to the damn reunion, if only to make fun of Dr. Class President.

Dr. Class President.

See, I'd keep running after her saying, "Dr. Mrs. President! Dr. Mrs. President!"

I am the only living person with my first and last name - at least, that google knows about.

I am the only living person with my first and last name

I would have sworn that about me, but I found a lady in South America and another in Ireland called what I am.

Weirder than being alone.

The first 9 hits on Google for my name are me.