Optimism, Defined
Laura Ingalls Wilder Michele, 23, of Brighton, Mass., was sick and tired of her name: she was named after the Little House on the Prairie book author. It “just didn’t fit” her, she says, so she legally changed her name — to Anakin Steuart Michele. She says she was using the name before the Star Wars movie series revealed that Darth Vader’s “real” name is Anakin. “In a couple of years the whole ‘Star Wars’ thing will blow over” and people will stop associating her name with the dark lord, she says. (Boston Herald) ...Sure, dear — Little House didn’t blow over, but Star Wars will.
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