And, in news completely unrelated to writing or writers, I was surprised today to find that if you type “wiki Greg Spencer” into the address bar of Firefox*, it does not bring up a page on my former professor and his work — but, rather, it brings up the overview article for the television series House which, of course, stars the actor Hugh Laurie, who I have always thought shares an uncanny resemblance to the aforementioned Greg Spencer.
Which is very odd indeed. How does Wikipedia know that I think this?
I don’t watch ‘House’ but I expect that the linkage is happening because there’s someone in the case named Jesse Spencer, making the connection between Greg and Hugh even more synchronistic. Or something.
* This is a great shortcut feature in Firefox, in case you didn’t know (and another reason to get Firefox if you’re not already using it): Typing “wiki [anything]” in the address bar will pull the most relevant article from Wikipedia.