"No, I did not name my son after the antichrist..."

Okay, so I've never read these Left Behind books, but I hear they're good. They are at least pretty darn popular.

Now since I'd never read any of them, I was in the dark when someone at a party before Nicholai was born asked me what I was going to name him.

Me: Nicholai Alexander.

Lady: Are you naming him after the Nicholai in the Left Behind books?

Me: Oh, there is a Nicholai in those books. I didn't realize that. That's cool.

Lady's husband: Um, yeah, but isn't he the Antichrist?

*stunned silence for a count of ten*

Me: Uh...no...I did NOT name my child after the Antichrist.

Now no one has since asked me this, until today when I was at the doctor. I have a terrible sinus infection. *whines* So I went to the Urgent Care Clinic. It's so much nicer than trying to get in to our real doctor.

Nicky was being particularly difficult, so much so that Bryon ended up having to take him out of the room so I could actually hear what the doc was saying.

The doctor came in and introduced himself and shook Nicky's hand too, and I told him his name was Nicholai because Nicky tends to get all shy when strangers talk to him.

Doctor: Nicholai! What a cool name! How do you spell that?

Me: *Spelling it - Slowly cause my brain isn't fully functional due to the sinus infection. LOL*

Doctor: Oh, is he named after the guy from that series?

Me: Series? Like a tv series?

Doctor: No, it's a book series. What's the name of it...

Me: *suspecting where this was going* You mean the Left Behind series...?

Doctor: Yes! That's the one!

Me: No...No, I did not name my child after the Antichrist.

Bryon: Yeah, if we were going to do that we would have been much more obvious about it. Something like Satan Speller.

Doctor: Or Lucifer Speller!

So, in case there was ever any doubt... I did NOT, in fact, name my child after the Antichrist!

I have a friend whose little boy is named Damien...I wonder if she gets the same thing!