And another little piece of my life slides into my control...

I made a little gathering of it. It requires two witnesses, but I had three: two of my immediate family and Paul, my good friend since childhood. It was nice.

I was kinda surprised at the straightforwardness (relatively speaking!) of the legalese. I was expecting more "spinster of the parish" and stuff.

Further reading: club, tub.

My name is... Hi, I'm... Hello there. The name's...

Yes, this will take some getting used to—not having to hesitate any more before admitting my 'name', but instead self-confidently giving my name.

(There's another injoke in the picture. It's the typeface. Another nice thing about this DIY job.)

UK legal name change by deed poll - a DIY guide.

Nice site, so I'm doing my bit to get it up Google. If you want to change your name, do it there.

If you use this, please fix the typo in "substitution" ("subsitution") under point 1. I've notified the site owner and they're fixing it. (Now fixed.)

To-night... I'm gonna have myself... a real good name.