To those of you who have been asking about Vlad's name...
I ask you... is there any other suitable name for a child who decided to read Trotsky's biography of Lenin as primary source material for a report when he was in the 9th grade? Whose favorite movie for several years was "Enemy at the Gate"? And who just HAD to go against my wishes and purchase a Russian Mosin-Nagant as soon as he turned 18? And then there's this:
(Do you think I should be worried?)
Besides, Vlad works much better in the Anna Banana song than his real name.