...But they tend to have bad websites...

One thing that has always mystified me is the number of people who try to spell my name Valarie...even though I have never heard of an actual person whose name was spelled like that!

Today, in a successful attempt to avoid doing actual work, I decided to search for these elusive Valaries. They do exist! They do!

Mostly what you see is Baby-Book entries explaining the meaning of the name--which is the same as the meaning of Valerie--and misspellings of pop-culture references to Valerie, such as the YouTube video of Amy Winehouse's song, which is not very good.

The first real Valarie found by Google is dead. She was probably murdered by her boyfriend.

One is a jazz flutist. Jazz is bad, and so is her website.

One is a children's author who appears to have published one book. Her website is also nothing to get excited about.

Finally something exciting pops up as the 7th result (excluding local businesses)--Valarie's Place restaurant, which sells boring food but looks kind of interesting. Though I'm not wild about the kerning in their logotype, I at least enjoy the color scheme and site layout. If I'm ever in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, I'll be sure to stop in!

Valarie is also a third-generation Sikh American who has not updated her blog since January, as well as the owner (possibly?) of a confusing (and bad) two-page website about a yoga book.

With all this Valarie-related misfortune and mediocrity to consider, I'm sure glad my name's spelled "Valerie." And I'm sure glad I wasted a half-hour doing all that research.

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