I’ve occasionally looked for long-lost friends by doing a search on Google and some of the social networking sites but haven’t had too much luck. Recently, lifehacker highlighted a people search engine called pipl. I quickly found people I haven’t seen in years. I even found a boyfriend from when I was in 5th grade (he has a PhD in organic chemistry and is a senior associate of a life sciences venture capitol group). Actually, after doing a dozen or so searches, I started to get creeped out. It felt like I was looking through the window into someone’s house or something. For example, I found a scan of an application of sorts filed with the state of Florida that had an ex-boyfriend’s signature on it. I guess anyone can look at it because it’s a public record. I felt like a stalker. Yuck.
I found myself easily especially when I looked up my maiden name. I wonder if anyone has been looking for me. . .