Have you ever tried to stalk someone with your favorite search engine, like Google? If you haven’t, be aware that there are people out there (but not me, of course) who might be googling you! I recently tried to assess my own “googlability”, and realized that my name is rare enough that searching it with quotes yields more than 70 hits that are all about me! It’s nice on Pubmed, where my publications all show up as a unique list. But it’s unsettling to think that you can learn so much about someone on the web. I guess that’s where having a name like John Smith can be a good thing. Before you do decide to google that new neighbor or co-worker, however, be aware there are things that you may not want to know. A quick search with my wife’s name would make me think that she was trying to kill me!