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28
Sometimes I feel like Vanessa Williams.
Wikipedia sums it up:
Vanessa Williams is the name of three contemporaneous African-American singers and/or actresses who are sometimes confused …
My name, Christopher Hedges, is also the name of a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist. It’s also the name of another person in my own county, according to our county’s online docket – and several other people in my state, as well as across the nation, according to Zabasearch.
Sometimes there is confusion because there are so many people named Christopher Hedges.
I remember arriving at an Indiana court one day for hearings on my commercial litigation cases and finding out that there was a trial in another courtroom involving another Christopher Hedges. There was a second or two of confusion when I checked in with the court staff as they figured out that there were two people named Christopher Hedges in the court at the same time for different matters.
We’re sometimes separated by a middle initial, just like the various Vanessa Williams.
We’re also sometimes confused.
I often get comments on this blog praising Christopher Hedges, the journalist, who writes opinion pieces that take on the powerful elites in our political system — like his most recent post taking on the mainstream media, the GOP and Barack Obama.
When I was in college and working on an semester-long internship in Washington, D.C. during the First Gulf War, people asked me if journalist Christopher Hedges was related to me when news broke that he had been captured by the Iraqis. I had to explain there was no relationship.
I feel a little like Vanessa A. Williams. Somewhat famous, but overshadowed by the more famous of the trio — Vanessa L.
Remember Vanessa A.? She was the actress on Melrose Place, but wasn’t the most famous Vanessa Williams — Vanessa L. Williams of Miss America fame and who is now starring in Ugly Betty. I remember seeing her name on the opening credits of Melrose Place and wondering if she was the beauty pageant winning Vanessa Williams.
I’m sure people think the same thing when they find my eponymous blog. “Have I found the famous Christopher Hedges?” they must ask themselves.
It’s all good.
Sometimes it’s nice to have a name that is somewhat common, but also associated with someone making a difference in his profession. It could be worse. At least the name isn’t associated with anyone infamous.
The most famous Vanessa L. Williams
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I do love those comments when people ask you something specific about an article written by the journalist Christopher Hedges. Funny
I don’t have that much overlap, there’s an author of the same name who writes about Microsoft Excel macros, but can’t say anyone ever comes to my blogs and thinks that guy’s me.
Hi Steve,
It’s understandable because of the name — I pop up right under the Wikipedia article. That’s why I’ve added my middle initial and the Northwest Indiana tag to my description.