A week ago, my husband posted about something called “Googlism,” a poetic adventure in which one inserts his or her name into the Google search engine, followed by the word is, and records the resulting sentences. Rob suggests he was behind the times in participating in this trend, but I had never heard of it before. I am a week behind behind the times.

Here is my effort:

David is today found in all synagogues.
David is Satanic in origin.
David is a universally recognized symbol.
David is Goliath.
David is anointed by King Smauel.
David is not really highly gifted, but he is totally normal.
David is not holding a stone.
David is an appropriate symbol for the international strife.
David is part of the Catoctin Mountain Park.
David is right.
David is funny.
David is scaling new heights.
David is the talk of New York.
David is sincerely sorry for all the pain he has caused by his actions.
David is not allowed computer access.
David is currently in charge of three shows.
David is the Opificio Delle Pietre Dure.
David is Columbia University professor James Beck.
David is a Fellow of the Arbitrators & Mediators Institute of New Zealand.
David is set in 1952.
David is miserable at Murdstone and Grinsby’s and decides to run away to Dover.
David is the funniest, most brilliant, and most talented man.
David is imprisoned.
David is joining the spying game.
David is transmitting through his music.
David is the Bob Geldof of the paper merchant world.
David is a footballing wunderkind.
David is a stunner.
David is honoured by the Church as a saint.

Not to be outdone, Goblin Foo Uvula decided to get in on the act. I caught her playing around on the Internet when I arrived home this evening. When I cleared my throat in the doorway, she jumped and quickly closed the browser window, but not before I saw this:

Goblin is a C++ class library.
Goblin is an evil or mischievous creature of folklore.
Goblin is also a nickname for the Gospel_Oak_to_Barking_line service.
Goblin is somewhat intelligent.
Goblin is a mythical creature that emerges from the anus.
Goblin is Spider-Man’s arch-nemesis.
Goblin is a standard Lego mini-figure and has articulated shoulders.
Goblin is madder and more dangerous than ever.
Goblin is the story of the young Princess Irene.
Goblin is the greatest villain from the greatest era.
Goblin is summoned to serve Dubber.
Goblin is derived from the Greek “kobalos,” meaning rogue.
Goblin is just slightly back heavy.
Goblin is a new modular framework for course management.
Goblin is that has the last scrap of paper message.
Goblin is one of the only rock bands.
Goblin is a multiple personality.
Goblin is against helping the Hulk recover.
Goblin is a light-hearted, free-wheeling game with a surprisingly subtle strategy.
Goblin is far from well.
Goblin is fairly unusual but reasonably mainstream.
Goblin is a variable.
Goblin is a supremely useful plant.
Goblin is immaterial.
Goblin is the 7th highest summit.

Hmm. I don’t know which one of us I want to be more.