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That said, the other careers of other James McGraths who are among the top results is not too bad: Canadian politician, professor of chemistry, and best of all \u201cJames McGrath is an American, who has competed five times in the American Ninja Warrior\u2026\u201d I wonder if that last one has anything to do with why my blogging hasn\u2019t resulted in my getting hate mail.<\/p>\n

As I have mentioned here before, there is also a James McGrath who is a Star Trek actor<\/a>. It isn\u2019t me, but I\u2019m open to being an extra if J. J. Abrams or anyone else wants to get in touch.<\/p>\n

How high in Google\u2019s rankings for your name are you? What do some other people who share your name do, and how worried or glad are you because of their prominence in Google results? Which is your favorite interesting statement about one of your namesakes?<\/p>\n

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