Stop Dragon-balling My Name!
Many times over the years, my last name has been mis-spelled as "Tien", instead of "Tian". This included credit card bills, water bills, you name it, all kinds of bills. What else do you get in your mailbox these days? Nothing but bills, advertisements or advertisements disguised as coupons or checks. Our email inbox is not that much better either and is probably more creepy. Because in physical mailbox we usually get random ads, so random that sometimes you laugh at those who sent them. However, our email inbox is an entire new ballgame. The ads were much more precise and targeted, almost like the advertisers were reading our minds somehow. So precise that I almost suspect somebody was spying on me. Although they got my last name spelled wrong occasionally too, and without exception, they always mis-spelled it the same way: Tien. I wonder why. One day, before boarding a flight from Newark Airport, I was passing by a TSA staff checking my passport before allow...
