The Name Game

Most people on the Internet know me as Kevin Wolf, hence my twitter handle and Posterous blog name: Hungry Like Kevin. It's a Duran Duran joke. However, Wolf is merely the last name of my stepfather when I was in school. My name was never legally changed, hence my last name is actually "Stone".

Because of recent tightening of the ID laws in this country, this discrepancy caused me a lot of bureaucratic hassle recently. For awhile, I thought: "Cool. I have a private name and a 'professional' name." But it all got too confusing, so I'm officially coming out of the closet as Kevin Stone, and I'm slowly changing all of my on-line stuff to reflect that, but I'm not going to change my Twitter handle or Posterous blog title because I like those. They just won't be as clever now.

For awhile, I thought of going as Kevin Stone Wolf, and I must admit that combination still appeals to me on an aesthetic level if not a personal one (both last names can go to hell as far as I'm concerned, but it's too late in life for me to be coming up with new ones).

So, yeah, I'm Kevin Stone. Pleased to meet you.

Still the same boy you've always known.