chrishansenhome

I have never eaten a kebab—and I have little desire to eat one. However, for one man, having a kebab for dinner made the difference between life and death.

Perhaps I should use a kebab as part of the dressing on my foot.

I have often had people to whom I was introduced as Christian Hansen come back to me with "Ah, Hans Christian Anderson!" or some such. I normally ignore them, or tell them that they are the six thousand, three hundred, and forty-fifth person to say that to me.

Worse are those chuckleheads who want to attract my attention and instead of calling out "Chris" they call out "Christopher". I usually say, "It's Christian, dammit!" in a rather loud voice. I have been known to do this in churches.

So, naming is something that is quite important to me, and to many people, especially to these people who were lumbered with names like Tim Burr and Hazel Nutt.