This is Seattle man Jason Megatron Burrows. He used to be known as Jason Michael Burrows, but on July 2, Jason went to the courthouse and stood before the judge, who "ordered and decreed" he change his name to honor his childhood hero, Megatron, thus joining Gizmodo's other friend Optimus Prime in the pantheon of crazy-ass Transformer fans.
Then it was my turn... I walked to the front, where she had me raise my right hand to swear that I would tell the truth, whole truth & nothing but the truth. She asked if my name change was to defraud creditors, I said no. She asked if it would be detrimental to anyone else, I said no. She Then asked if I was indeed changing my middle name to that of my childhood hero, I smiled & said "Yes Ma'am." She said, "Then I do order & decree that your name be changed from Jason Michael Burrows to Jason Megatron Burrows" with a HUGE grin. There were quite a few chuckles from the courtroom... I was handed the paperwork & I split. =)













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I wish I could be in the room during just one of his next job interviews.
Now if he had changed his FIRST name to Megatron, THAT would've taken some guts...
...And would've been incredibly stupid.
But what he did ranks a close second.
I knew Sunshine Megatron. Sunshine Megatron was a good friend of mine.
You, sir, are no Sunshine Megatron.
Either he's already loaded and doesn't need a job in his future, or he's not planning on having a job other than a low level techie for the rest of his life.
Either way he's a dumbass...
Now him and the guy named Optimus Prime must battle it out!
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His mother must be crying.
Thus ends another chapter in...
"Adventures of the Feeble-Minded"
This is equivalent (literally, in my mind) to changing your name to "Skeletor".
I kinda get the whole "pick my own name now that I'm an adult" thing... but why would anyone choose the name of a consistent LOSER (even a childhood "hero" one)?
First, I hear that someone changed his middle name to Megatron.
Then, I hear he was from Seattle.
Then, I find out that he's someone I've gone drinking with on many occasions.
I wish this were the nerdiest thing I've ever seen him do.
My favorite show when I was little was Thundercats, but for some reason, I don't think the middle name "Snarf" would be nearly as cool.
Now that I think about it, I would probably be mad of my 5 year old son grew up to change his middle name to "Pikachu".
I can just imagine the judge saying to my son, "What would you like to change your name to?" and him yelling, "Pikachu, I choose you!"
Somehow...this is still better than Nicholas Cage naming his son Kal-El Cage. Seriously.
Hey, you are permitted to completely omit your middle name or use a middle initial on job apps and paperwork. His middle initial was already M. No big. So now it's just the scary looks thing he has to overcome in an interview...
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