Rachel Lux of Alternative Press: Name change, anyone?

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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Name change, anyone?


So, I get some seriously weird e-mails in my work account. I'm not even talking about the garden variety spam that everyone gets. I mean honest-to-goodness press releases about some weird stuff.

For example, here is the subject line of one I received yesterday: LASIK Surgery for "Barack Hussein Obama"
Hmm, okay. Usually, I just delete right through these kinds of messages. However, I've been wearing glasses since I was 7 (and got contacts when I was 13), and LASIK has been a dream of mine ever since the episode of The Newlyweds when Jessica Simpson had the procedure. (Ah, Nick and Jessica. The good old days.)

Now, in honor of the inauguration Tuesday, this company is supposedly giving away FREE LASIK to anyone named Barack Hussein Obama.

Can someone with experience please let me know how long the name-changing process takes? I mean, would it be worth it to switch over, get the surgery, then switch back?

I don't even know if President-elect Obama needs corrective eyewear (let alone LASIK), but if he does, he should probably cash in on this offer. I know I would.

Either way, let's file this under marketing gone awry.
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