his real name is roberto hernandez heredia, and he is really 31, not 28... crazy stuff
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| sell me your soul, faust - and you will win 19 games in 2007! |
as the legend goes, faust sold his soul to the devil for ultimate happiness, but he winds up in hell. i respect roberto hernandez's knowledge of german literature, and his clever spin on his alias. but he should have known that the alias he chose would someday come back to haunt him. I mean, I cannot believe i never realized this fausto/faust connection before. it reminds me of "Noone" from "Blood Work", with a dash of "tom marvolo riddle" throw in. so obvious when you think about it! bravo fake fausto, bravo.
Wow. you should have some sort of nerd-alert warning for posts like this.
ReplyDeletethat being said, i am also impressed with your knowledge of german literature.
Clearly this post is complements of a providence college education.
ReplyDeleteJust to crank up the nerd factor even more, I'll also throw Odysseus telling the Cyclops that 'Nobody' jabbed his eye out in 'The Odyssey'. Of course he then brought total ruin upon his crew by pissing off Poseidon, bit it seemed like a good idea at the time.
ReplyDeleteRegardless, this was by leaps and bounds the nerdiest post yet. Cobbs knowledge of literature is rather impressive. If only we had studied 'The Slmarillion' in college I'd be freaking tenured.
sitting in western civ class i often dreamed of one day melding baseball, western literature, false identity, and fantasy fiction into one writing sample.
ReplyDeletetoday that dream was realized.