Popin' name

Originally posted to ThisManMustBeStopped.com on 4/9/2007:

Over the years I've assumed a number of nicknames designed to fit various situations: hacker name, DJ name, biker name, etc.

But this weekend it was suggested to me that I might be called upon to officiate a wedding in the next couple of months. Apparently the previously-picked officiant had backed out, but the exact details are still shrouded in mystery.

My first reaction was that, if I was going to do the ceremony, I'd want to wear a pope hat. Not that I, or the bride or groom, is Catholic - it's just that when I think of liturgical vestments, I think of the pope.

Then it occurred to me that if I were to dress up like a pope, I'd need a popin' name. Every pope gets one. Some pick their own names, some take another. Some combine an old one with a new one. In that tradition, I decided on this name:

Pope Urban Justice I.

Tell me that would not kick ass. "Today, Pope Urban Justice announced...." "President Perot today wrapped up a meeting at the Vatican with Pope Urban Justice." And so on. My motto would be "takin' it to the streets", but in Latin.

All things considered it's probably better that I'm not Catholic. They'd kick me out for stuff like this.

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