I voted for Adrian so as to stay within the poll's parameters.
As for my own choices:
Male: Alexander. I know this is really geeky but it's based on one of the worst episodes of the original Star Trek series: Plato's Stepchildren. Alexander was a noble character amongst horribly petty ones. He stood by his principles. Although he was terribly abused by his peers, he indignantly refused the offer from the Enterprise characters to receive powers to turn the tables on them. "You think that's what I want? To be like them?" Alexander was very petty in terms of stature but he was a shining star in terms of principles. In the end, the Enterprise crew liberated him from his oppressors. It was perhaps the most heart-warming moment of the original Star Trek series. Like I said, it's geeky.
Female: Miranda. My daughter is named this and once again, it's based on a lousy 3rd-season episode of the original Star Trek series: Is There in Truth, No Beauty? My daughter, Miranda was born with hydrocephalus and spinabifida - the second-most common birth defect. It probably has to do with the fact that both me and her mother are of Irish-Scottish descent. She was raised by foster parents as neither me nor her mother are suitable parents. Should have used birth control, I know. Anyway, she was named after a character who was born blind but scorned pity. Our Miranda isn't a geek and is somewhat embarrassed over the origin of her name but ironically, she bears her disability well and angrily eschews pity. It seems her name is appropriate after all.
As for my own choices:
Male: Alexander. I know this is really geeky but it's based on one of the worst episodes of the original Star Trek series: Plato's Stepchildren. Alexander was a noble character amongst horribly petty ones. He stood by his principles. Although he was terribly abused by his peers, he indignantly refused the offer from the Enterprise characters to receive powers to turn the tables on them. "You think that's what I want? To be like them?" Alexander was very petty in terms of stature but he was a shining star in terms of principles. In the end, the Enterprise crew liberated him from his oppressors. It was perhaps the most heart-warming moment of the original Star Trek series. Like I said, it's geeky.
Female: Miranda. My daughter is named this and once again, it's based on a lousy 3rd-season episode of the original Star Trek series: Is There in Truth, No Beauty? My daughter, Miranda was born with hydrocephalus and spinabifida - the second-most common birth defect. It probably has to do with the fact that both me and her mother are of Irish-Scottish descent. She was raised by foster parents as neither me nor her mother are suitable parents. Should have used birth control, I know. Anyway, she was named after a character who was born blind but scorned pity. Our Miranda isn't a geek and is somewhat embarrassed over the origin of her name but ironically, she bears her disability well and angrily eschews pity. It seems her name is appropriate after all.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
