I’ve removed references to my birth name from this site. That name is tarnished. I won’t write it again.
Going forward, the only names I will use here are Arthur Hovinc, Arthur, and Art.
I’m not looking forward to interacting with anyone new for the first time, or showing them my government plastic identification for the first time, because then they will see my tarnished name and have something to say about it. I don’t want anyone to have anything to say about my name before I have something to say for myself. It’s kind of like the Michael Bolton situation from the movie Office Space, but worse for the bad name my birth name is.
I’m considering legally changing my government name to something closer to the name I’m writing with right now. I wonder if Samuel Clemens went by that name on his government identification until he died? Did most people know to call him Mark Twain? Maybe most people will call me Arthur Hovinc with enough patience and nagging.
Yours Truly,
Arthur Hovinc
Arthur Hovinc's Port Manteau 
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