Like all parents, Marcus Weldy and his wife Rebecca McInnes Weldy of Nikiski are hoping their newborn baby will live long and prosper, but they went a step further to ensure their son's future.
"We decided to name him James Tiberius Kirk Weldy," said Rebecca in regard to the newest family member who, according to the Captain's Log, was added to the family fleet at 4:31 a.m. on Friday, April 21, 2006.
For those not in the know, James T. Kirk - played by William Shatner - was the commander of the starship Enterprise in the 1960s science fiction series "Star Trek."
Rebecca said she is not a convention-going "trekkie,"as "Star Trek" fans are called, but is a longtime fan of the show.
"I really, really liked the first 'Star Trek' and William Shatner. He's the only captain in my opinion," she said.
Look here is all I am suggesting, that maybe there should be a simple test....possibly multiple choice...that a person should have to pass before they get to screw up a child's life.
If they can pass the test then they can screw it up as much as they want.
Poor damn kid!
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James Tiberius Kirk is a strong bold name. It is the name of a man who is bound to be successful. We are very much unafraid that he will ever have a problem with being beat up; he is after all, the youngest of five siblings and twelve older cousins. Perhaps with a name like Gryphen you are oversensitive to the issue. Anyway, thanks for posting about him. I am sure that neither my sister or her husband planned on the publicity. They just wanted a good name, and we quite think they gave him one. We're having plenty of fun with it, and if he doesn't feel the tiniest bit of pride about his unusual name and unusual birth (you failed to mention that he had to be delivered at home by his father because he was in such a hurry), he can always resort to telling people his name is Jim and that Tiberius is an old Italian family name. By the time his peers are old enough to question him about his name, most won't be cultured enough to even know its significance.
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