So apparently I'm a local celebrity... (attention whore thread, duh)

[Joe Republic]

I was passing by the UNLV campus the other day, and saw this street:







Who would have thought that after living here for only six months, I've already been immortalized in such a way?  Perhaps this time next year they'll have made me mayor or something.

[King]

Have no idea why he'd be honored in Nevada.  He looks just like you though!



Joe Alton Delaney (October 30, 1958 - June 29, 1983) was an American football player who played two seasons in the National Football League.  In his two seasons with the Chiefs, Delaney set four franchise records that would stand for over 20 years.

He was a two-time All-American athlete for the Northwestern State Demons football team, as well as a track and field star. Delaney played two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, and was chosen as the AFC Rookie of the Year in 1981 by United Press International.

Delaney died on June 29, 1983 while attempting to rescue three children from drowning  in a lake. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Citizen's Medal from President Ronald Reagan. While not officially retired, his jersey number while playing for the Chiefs, #37, has not been worn since his death.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Isn't that the road the sewage plant is on?

[Joe Republic]

Have no idea why he'd be honored in Nevada.  He looks just like you though!



Joe Alton Delaney (October 30, 1958 - June 29, 1983) was an American football player who played two seasons in the National Football League.

As he died around the same time I was being conceived, it's pretty much guaranteed that I'm the reincarnation of a black NFL player.

Isn't that the road the sewage plant is on?

No you cock, don't be so rude.

It's actually where Las Vegas's prime crack den is located.

[Hash]

Because of my blog, I'm a celebrity on the interwebs. Kind of. Well, maybe not.

[Joe Republic]

Because of my blog, I'm a celebrity on the interwebs. Kind of. Well, maybe not.

That's nice.  Do you have a street named after you? 

[Hash]

Because of my blog, I'm a celebrity on the interwebs. Kind of. Well, maybe not.

That's nice.  Do you have a street named after you? 

Maybe a virtual internet street?

There is a town in France which has my first name, though.