Well, not exactly, but I would have sooner expected to find the French comic book hero Asterix the Gaul (seen here with Obelix his sidekick-the fat guy) to be as popular as Alexander, which is in fact the most popular name for boy babies in Washington state.
According to a tweet from "The Seattle Times," in 2009, Alexander was the most popular name for boys in the state while Isabella was the most popular name for girls.
The top five boys' names also included Jacob, William, Ethan and Daniel. While the other top five girls' names were Olivia, Sophia, Emma and Abigail.
Our good friend Andrew Neal offers "Asterix " comic books at Chapel Hill Comics in Chapel Hill, NC, where I am supposed to be at the moment, but we are actually in Wasila, Alaska, hanging out on the firing range with Todd and Sarah Palin (that's a joke, of course).
SIDEBAR: On a more somber note, Adam L. Dickmyer of Winston-Salem, NC, was killed in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan during an improvised vehicle explosion that happened on Oct. 28. Dickmyer was 26, and a graduate of Carver High School.
SIDEBAR TWO: On a ligther note, comic actor Rainn Wilson of "The Office" fame tweeted today that: "I have to go to the bathroom." We hope he is not at a certain bus station in the Bostanci section of Istanbul* or a Sheetz gas station in South Boston, Va. ** I had very bad experiences with the toilets in both places, but since we are not fans of 'bahtroom humor,' we will stop while we're ahead!
*- In case, you are really curious, this place had a Turkish toilet. Eyvah! (That's 'Oh No!' in Turkish).
**-They had no toilet paper!
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