I found my name twin on Facebook and, whew, she's nice.
My name is oddly spelled -- a combo of my two grandmas' names -- so I long ago gave up being fussy about making sure it was correct or meeting anyone else who spelled it like me.
When Google first launched, I searched on my own name, which, by the way, isn't a wholly vain thing to do. It's a good idea, for instance, if you're looking for a job, because the person who interviewed you is probably going to Google you, too.
Anyway, the results of my Google search were anticlimactic and didn't turn up any name twins or, frankly, anything else interesting.
But, following tradition, "Jodee Taylor" was one of the first things I searched for on Facebook.
At that time, there were three -- two of whom hadn't even bothered with profile pictures and then, "JoDee Taylor." I immediately requested friendships with all of them.
JoDee Taylor responded quickly and we've been friends ever since.
Obviously, we're fraternal name twins, because she capitalizes the "D," which the second grandma in my name would have preferred. We're different in a lot of other ways, too. She's a civil engineer, excelling in math and science, my two weaknesses. She readily admits grammar and spelling are not her strong points. She lives in San Diego and goes to the beach in October. I live in Kingsley and I shovel.
But, for the most part, we're surprisingly compatible, although we haven't worked out our special twin language yet, other than Internet acronyms, like "LOL" and "OMG."
As intangible as an Internet name twin is (I probably would walk right past her if she was shopping in downtown Traverse City), WTCM-AM radio host Ron Jolly got something tangible from his name twin.
Jolly, a Facebook friend and a friend in real life, became an Internet statistic shortly after he published the "Northern Michigan Almanac" in 2005. He Googled himself to see where his book ranked.
His name was at the top, thanks mainly to the radio station. But right there on the first page was the Ron Jolly Trio. And they had CDs for sale! (There's also a hunter in Alabama named "Ron Jolly" who puts out videos, but he was farther down the page.)
Traverse City's Ron Jolly bought musician Ron Jolly's CD and, whew, it was good. Everyone in his family got a Ron Jolly Trio "Live at the Christmas Tree" CD for Christmas that year and got to listen to the harmonic twists that only a lounge trio can produce.
"My brother in Boston said, 'Is that you?'" Traverse City's Ron Jolly said.
Hard to believe your own brother doesn't know you don't record lounge lizard music, but things get confusing when you're a twin.
Jodee Taylor can be reached at jtaylor@record-eagle.com
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