Brostitutes with Tim Roth.

"LOL" is the only appropriate response.

One of the only reasons I wanted to get married for a long time was the changing my name thing. I figured it would be hard to do worse. This is probably why I'm still single.

I still think about changing my name to my Mom's maiden name, but, although easier to spell, no one here would pronounce it right anyway. And you can't officially change your name in France, so paperwork would be a nightmare.

I changed my name, but I never officially changed it with SS, and it still causes problems unless I use First Name Maiden Name Last Name for pay and other tax purposes.

I wouldn't want to change my middle name for my maiden name though. I like my middle name-it's sort of after my grandfather, just taking off the first letter from his and adding 2 other ones. My kindergarten teacher kept telling me I was spelling it wrong.

In New Jersey, to get a license, they now have a 6-point ID system. There's a pamphlet listing a ton of different types of ID, in two categories (I can't remember what kinds are in which category), and each type is assigned a certain number of points, and you need to have at least one form of ID from each category, with points that add up to six. I think that last time I had my old license, birth certificate, credit card bill with the right address on it, and maybe one other thing.

And you can't officially change your name in France, so paperwork would be a nightmare.

Wha? Really? You're just stuck with it?

11 most overrated things. Looks mostly like someone trying to get a reaction.

Pfft. They're not even well thought out arguments. I can see lots of reasons why somebody thinks Baseball is overrated, but complaining that it's not as international as futbol is stupid. Anybody who saw the World Baseball Classic can see that it's extremely popular in South America and Asia, and has actually been growing in popularity in Australia, Holland and Italy. (Charmingly, baseball is called "Honkball" in The Netherlands.)

The arguments against Star Trek and Ulysses are equally specious.

There was an article in the paper a while ago about an older woman (70s? 80s?) in Virginia who couldn't get a new drivers license because she'd been married, divorced, and remarried, and the last names didn't match up. She was expected to go in with her birth certificate, first marriage certificate, divorce papers, and second marriage certificate. And it took multiple trips because, of course, no one would tell her ALL the stuff she needed.

Wha? Really? You're just stuck with it?

There was just an article about a group in France, descendants of Holocaust survivors, whose grandparents were "encouraged" to change their last names to something more French-sounding when they came to France after the war. The descendants want to preserve their history and change back to their families' original names, but under French law, they're not allowed to -- the name was changed when their grandparents became citizens, and now it's final.

Oh, good. A coworker in another department promised an author something she can't actually do, but she assumed I could. They may not be pleased to know that the best I can do is estimate.