My H1-B visa application went through (after languishing in INS purgatory for months) late last week. But this NYT article (h/t Sepia Munity) doesn't give me much hope of ever crossing over into the "human" side from the "alien" side (I am a "resident alien") here in the United States, unless of course I take action, and legally change my name.

So I am taking suggestions here: I need a last name with less than or equal to two vowels in it, such as Smith or Jones or Bush*, and a nice first name. For staters, how does Bob** Smith sound? :)

* I harbour hopes that my imaginary spawn (or spawn of spawn) will run from president one day, and no way in heck is there gonna be a President Dandamudi - okay, a little more likely if there is a President Obama before that