Guys Named Lance

This has been on my mind ever since Lance Armstrong took the seventh and last Tour de France of his career. See, he's from my home state, Texas. And the only other Lances I have ever met--two of them--were also from Texas. Both of them were fairly quiet, intense guys. One became a doctor. The other became, well, possibly a mass murderer.

But that's not what I'm here to talk about. What I wish to say, faithful reader (all one of you), is that Lance is a very odd name that seems to appeal only to Texans.

If you believe one set of stats, Lance was quite a popular name from 1960 through 1980, but since then has been in steep decline. Though maybe now that LA has proven to be such an Iron Man, that's all about to change.

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