Dear Greg, & Greg, & Greg (that's me)
Oh the curse of the google vanity search.. I type in my own name and of course I get several hits... over a million to be precise .. the top four are these.. Well at least the top one is me..see below.
I discovered the (ranked at number 2) Greg Smith who is a sociologist at Salford a few years ago which was more than a co-incidence as I was at the time earning my living at the University of East London as a Social Researcher...
But the new (number 3) Greg Smith I've found he is hardly my alter ego.. a Tory Councillor in Hammersmith, who has been appointed Cabinet member for Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour. . With my politics being far to the left of anything left behind in the Labour Party..I must say I'm not surprised... on my list being a Conservative Councillor counts pretty much as a crime and anti social behaviour even if you don't make it to the cabinet.. and of course it has to be him who's grabbed the domain name http://www.gregsmith.co.uk/
The number 4 Greg Smith sounds more like me... an environmental scientist (I'm an environmental cyclist!) and working at my old alma mater.. the University of Reading... He even works in the Harry Pitt building, named after the Vice Chancellor of my days (early 70's) whom we used to refer to as the "BOTTOMLESS PITT".
I don't believe in reincarnation, or even in parallel universes but the proliferation of names sakes makes me think I'd better find out how to apply to copyright my identity, or register my name as a trademark. Still I don't think it adds any weight to the oppressive government plan to bring in ID cards and take DNA samples from everyone.. But as soon as I say that I'm sounding too much like a Tory!
For reference the top four UK googleable Gregs are..
Greg Smith UEL Home Page
| Greg Smith's Urban Mission and Minstry Pages · Credo Consultancy Business Web Site Helping churches and community groups with research, information and ... homepages.uel.ac.uk/G.Smith/ - 10k - http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/credoconsultancy/uelhome.htm Blog: http://gregsnewblogcredo.blogspot.com/ |
The University of Salford | Institute for Social, Cultural and ...
| Dr Greg Smith, BSc (Salford), PhD (Salford) ... School of English, Sociology, Politics & Contemporary History. Email: g.w.h.smith@salford.ac.uk ... www.iscpr.salford.ac.uk/ |
Greg Smith - Councillor for Town Ward & Cabinet Member for Crime ...
| Greg Smith is one of three Councillors who represent Town Ward in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. He serves alongside Councillor Stephen ... gregsmith.co.uk/ - 11k - |
Greg Smith's Home Page
| Greg Smith, Research Fellow, Environmental Systems Science Centre. www.nerc-essc.ac.uk/~gcs/ - 9k - |
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