Namesakes - I knew "benjamin" meant "right hand of god" in hebrew, but I was wholly unfamiliar with the sad story of St. Benjamin. Thanks to Brian, I've learned all about the history though. While I was named after Dustin Hoffman's character in The Graduate (NOT the rat in Ben, the dog in Benji or Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin), I wonder if I get my inclination to be a martyr from my namesake saint. And isn't there just something hot about the statement: "After this torture had been repeated several times, a knotted stake was inserted into his bowels to rend and tear him." MMM.