The Journal of Michael O'Shane

Journal Entry – June 7, 2003

Charles asked me tonight why I still use the name Robin. I confess the inquiry took me aback at first. Why not use it? I have done so for twenty years now, so it hardly seems like the time to announce to everyone that I want to go by Michael alone; no more answering to two different names. I couldn’t though. Especially as I stopped to recall how that name first came to be.

Peter and I have had several discussions centered around the name over the past twenty years, especially after he stopped going by the name Flynn. Peter admitted he expected to find I’d gone back to being called Michael after we parted ways in Rome and while I did, I never eliminated “Robin” from my list of pseudonyms either. But why? Why hold onto it? After all, it was forced on me by Sabrina. There’s something to be said for nostalgia, though. And for brothers. Read the rest of this entry »