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06/10/2006 09:38:53 AM · #1 |
| I was goofing around and googled my name today. I was shocked to find out that someone with the same name as me is listed as a contributor to a small regional magazine. If my name was common I wouldn't give it a second thought, but c'mon - Thom LaLonde - first name spelled the same way and everything? I emailed them to see what's going on. Maybe it really IS a coincidence. |
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06/10/2006 09:41:06 AM · #2 |
| hmm.. anything is possible i guess but your name makes it less coincidental. wont hurt to look into it though. just to be careful. my daughters name is Odyssey if someone had not only her first name but her last too i'd be VERY skeptical. so i know what you mean. hope its nothing. |
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06/10/2006 09:41:18 AM · #3 |
I think your name is too rare for that sort of coincidence! Keep us updated!
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06/10/2006 09:43:39 AM · #4 |
| Did they use one of your pictures, too? I'm confused. |
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06/10/2006 09:44:42 AM · #5 |
| But don't be too paranoid. If the magazine is a legitimate one, chances are it's coincidence. I'm certain you're not the only Thom LaLonde on the planet (don't be too upset by that). ;) |
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06/10/2006 09:48:51 AM · #6 |
I fail to see the problem here.
Neither the name Thom or Lalonde are rare, and I for one have oodles of friends called LaLonde. The mere fact that someone is a contributor to a magazine does not in my book constitute something to be alarmed about.
Do keep us posted.
Ray |
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06/10/2006 10:03:31 AM · #7 |
a lsight shift to the left - there's a wonderful book called are you dave gorman?. in it (it's true) davea nd his mate danny wallace search for dave gormans. danny thinks his name is very common - well they meet hundreds of dave gormans, and about 3 danny wallces. so, you may not be as rare as you think!
i, on the other, know i'm pretty well unique! nah nah nahnah nah! ;-)
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06/10/2006 10:22:26 AM · #8 |
| Yeah, I know I'm probably not the only one out there with this name, but the magazine is very localized so that makes the coincidence even more intriguing. The publication is Lake Superior Magazine. Guess I'll just try to pick up a copy. I see them everywhere but never bothered to read it. |
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06/10/2006 11:02:29 AM · #9 |
I'm confused here, the title of this thread is "Strange coincidence or image theft?" Did you find one of your imagaes in one of his articles? Or are you referring to "Image" as in someone with your same name getting publicity? If it's the latter, I guess it's a case of first come first served. If he's using your image, now that's something to be concerned about!
Message edited by author 2006-06-10 11:03:07. |
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06/10/2006 01:54:12 PM · #10 |
Switchboard.com shows 9 listings for "Thomas Lalonde" in Michigan, and 1 in Minnesota.
Edit: If you google "'Thomas Lalonde'writer" many hits show up. It's my guess that guy is a writer and not photographer.
Message edited by author 2006-06-10 13:58:24. |
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06/10/2006 02:04:42 PM · #11 |
| Searching "Peter Richards", I get several hundred thousand results. Strangely enough, it would appear that all of them are me. |
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06/10/2006 02:47:36 PM · #12 |
I have been running across others named Rebecca Lehmann for just about all my life. How common do you think that would be at first glance? One lives in the same rather large city as my grandmother, and she occasionally gets her mail somehow. One is a poet - and I am also a published poet. Another is an artist living in the UK. Interestingly, the UK gal's husband found me on Myspace last week while googling his wife, and emailed me to ask what my middle name is since he saw that the initial is J, which is also his wife's middle initial. And he's a photographer. Life is full of coincidences.
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06/10/2006 03:09:00 PM · #13 |
I googled myself once, and my mom almost caught me :-P
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06/10/2006 03:41:56 PM · #14 |
It's bad enough having a very common name, but just trying having a name that some guy made famous. I can't go to the DMV, Post Office, cash a check at the bank, dentest appoint, etc., without someone making a big deal about it. I get UPS packages where someone likes to write "Air" between my first name (Michael) and my last name (Jordan). Shoot, when I banked where this other guy's mother banked, the bank even tried to cash a $17,000 check against my account. They called me up to ask me where the account that had money in it was. LOL!
At least the other Michael Jordan made our famous and not in-famous like some names are. I can at least be gratefull for that. Well, I'd be more gratefull if I had at least half his money.
Mike
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06/10/2006 03:46:28 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by MikeJ:
It's bad enough having a very common name, but just trying having a name that some guy made famous. I can't go to the DMV, Post Office, cash a check at the bank, dentest appoint, etc., without someone making a big deal about it. I get UPS packages where someone likes to write "Air" between my first name (Michael) and my last name (Jordan). Shoot, when I banked where this other guy's mother banked, the bank even tried to cash a $17,000 check against my account. They called me up to ask me where the account that had money in it was. LOL!
At least the other Michael Jordan made our famous and not in-famous like some names are. I can at least be gratefull for that. Well, I'd be more gratefull if I had at least half his money.
Mike |
But better Michael Jordan than that no-talent assclown, Michael Bolton. ;) |
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06/10/2006 04:02:58 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by mk:
But better Michael Jordan than that no-talent assclown, Michael Bolton. ;) |
One of the best movies of all time... |
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06/10/2006 04:11:50 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by mk:
But better Michael Jordan than that no-talent assclown, Michael Bolton. ;) |
One of the best movies of all time... |
Agreed. There's nothing I would love more than to take a baseball bat to the printer... [/i]*drools[/i]
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06/10/2006 05:21:55 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by karmabreeze:
There's nothing I would love more than to take a baseball bat to the printer... [/i]*drools[/i] |
"PC Load Letter"?!?!? What the F#@$ does that mean?!?! |
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06/10/2006 05:39:09 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by alfresco:
Originally posted by karmabreeze:
There's nothing I would love more than to take a baseball bat to the printer... [/i]*drools[/i] |
"PC Load Letter"?!?!? What the F#@$ does that mean?!?! |
It means you should put 8.5"x11" (letter) paper in the appropriate cassette.
Or smack the poor printer around a bit. |
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06/10/2006 05:44:03 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by taterbug:
I googled myself once, and my mom almost caught me :-P |
hahahaa.... |
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06/10/2006 08:07:09 PM · #21 |
| Hmmm, you caused me to google my own name - it appears that I'm the only Petra Paignton in the whole known universe. Yay! :D |
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