My Friday Five for September 12, 2003

1. Is the name you have now the same name that's on your birth certificate? If not, what's changed?
   Yep. No changes.

2. If you could change your name (first, middle and/or last), what would it be?
   I'd drop the second 'h' from my last name. As it stands, it's been pointed out that my last name is currently spelled "s hero h man"; if I drop the second 'h', I would be "Dave S., Hero Man!" It would also make my name an anagram of "a nomad dervish", which doesn't quite work now, thanks to that pesky extra letter.

3. Why were you named what you were? (Is there a story behind it? Who specifically was responsible for naming you?)
   Beats me.

4. Are there any names you really hate or love? What are they and why?
   I'm not really a fan of 'pet names' ("snookums" and crap like that, not the practice of naming pets) in general, but no specific names that I have particular feelings about.

5. Is the analysis of your name at kabalarians.com accurate? How or how isn't it?
   Their "analyses" of 'Dave' and 'David' are both fairly accurate descriptions of me - but no more so than what they say of 'Jonathan' or 'Steve', neither of which are names I have ever used. Ain't it great how you can make a bunch of very general statements and convince people that you know all about them?