Okay, here's the short version of the longer story:
A few years ago I tried to register the domain name (URL) for my name: garylangley.com It wasn't so much that I had a real use for it, but I wanted to snag it so nobody else would have/use it. Turns out a Realtor in Nashville named GERALD LANGLEY often goes by the name "GARY" and registered and used it for his real estate business. That kind of made me upset, because, after all, it is my real name and is only his nickname, so it seems unfair.
I contacted him via email and he did say, "well I got it first, sorry. If I ever decide to stop using it, I'll be happy to let you buy it."
The page now leads to an "under construction" page -- http://www.garylangley.com/
I tried calling his listed phone number, and got the disconnected recording. Tried calling the last real estate company I know he worked at (Brownstone Properties, L.L.C.) and it is perpetually a busy signal.
I checked the Tennessean obituaries, and there's no record that he died, but he could have changed jobs, left real estate entirely, moved away...
Sure would like to own my name. Anybody in Metro Nashville with nosy streak and good sneaky skills able to find out if he is still around?
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