The Best name EVER!

I learned today that Evel Knievel is (much to my surprise) still alive and ( not so surprisingly) living in pain. The 67 year old dare devil just barely gets around these days after repeatedly thrashing his body in crash after crash on his motorcycle.

I remember watching some of his jumps on TV. That was one crazy dude. All the little boys my age thought he was the coolest dude ever. (That most have been a hard time to be a mother.) I remember one kid I knew had a little Knievel action figure. I think he had the stunt cycle too. I thought that was pretty cool. But to me the coolest thing about Knievel wasn’t his bike, or his flashy red, white and blue jumpsuit, or even his terrifying stunts. It was his name.

I wish my name was Evel Knievel.