What’s In A Name?
Thursday, November 24th, 2005I always thought I had a unique monicker. C-H-O-O-B. These letters all came together to form what is undoubtedly one of the worlds most unique names. I found it SO unique that I actually believed for a long time that I was the only person on the planet that it referred to. That was until today, the 24th of November, 2005. It is a day that I shall not look fondly upon… for on this day… this horrible, tragic day… my uniqueness was shattered. Today… through google… it was brought to my fruition that I share my name with, not one, but two other beings. The first of which is Choob Dosar-Gohi, an Iranian lesbian asylee in the U.S. (I must say, though, that her story is actually quite compelling). And the second… an IRC BOT! A computer program designed for chat rooms! An excerpt from the University of Warwick’s Computing Society Website says, “Choob is the new IRC bot to replace JinglyBOT, it is multithreaded.”
Nakanampoo! At least it’s multithreaded. Anyway…
Fret not, dear readers, for I shall, one day, rise from this occasion. And for the time being, I turn to the great William Shakespeare, for consolation, who once wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.” You rock, Shakespeare! And besides, I share my name with a lesbian and a BOT. How many people can say that?
