[RKDinOKC]

My Granddad on my Dad's side's name was William Patrick Davis, everyone called him Pat.
My Dad was the first born male and they named him after his grandfather George Alva Davis.
My Dad's next younger brother was named after his father William Patrick Davis. Everyone called him Bill, or more often Junior.
My Dad's sisters and mother called him Alvi. Growing up everyone else called my Dad Little Pat.
When he got older everyone called him George except his sister's that still called him Alvi.
My older brother was named George Alva Davis after my Dad and he was always just called George.

My name is Richard Kent Davis. Until I was in 7th grade I went by Kent. In 7th grade we had all those different teachers and I got tired of correcting and telling them I went by Kent so just started answering to Richard. By HS everyone was calling me Richard except for my Mom and Grandmother. They liked Kent better. After my grandmother passed Mom started calling me Richard like everyone else. Didn't really care, just went by what was the least hassle.

When I worked at a pizza place in college there was another Richard they kept getting my time cards confused with so started signing all my time cards Clark Kent, then Superman. My time didn't get messed up after that. All the waitresses called me Kent from the Clark Kent on the time cards even though they all knew I went by Richard everywhere else.

Kinda funny all my old friends call me Wet from my hacker name The Wet One. They all go by and are mentioned by their real first and last names or people don't know who they are talking about. Except Me. They all still call me Wet and don't really even know my real name.

Thought about all this because the bird dog thing was when my Dad really made a name for himself in the little town he grew up in.