Today, October 12th, in 1870, Washington College's President Robert Edward Lee died.
And yes, I do have a cousin named Robert Lee Bosch, but Bobby was actually named after his momma, Roberta, and not the venerated general. Bobby's living a very confused life in a mobile home somewhere in Virginia right now.
Which is nearly as fucked up as a friend of mine from college named Lee C___, who had a brother named Grant C___. Their mother and father didn't make the connection until the boys were in elementary school.
However, the bullet dodger of the month goes to me; I was nearly named James Ewell Brown Stuart Bosch. Yeah, 'JEB Stuart Bosch' would've guaranteed many an ass-whippin' in my developmental years. Thanks, mom, for going light on the drugs and keeping your head during childbirth. All things considered, I'll take Aloysius.
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