Coppertop

I used to think that if any part of my clothing touched the toilet water when it was flushed, I'd be sucked down into the toilet and lost forever.

I believed that my name had five parts: First Middle Barney Harrah's Last. Barney was my grandfather and Harrah's is a casino in Reno my parents frequented. I insisted that people call me by my full name. In retrospect, I think I assumed my grandfather's name after he died.