Ron Koertge: Hello, my name is Ron Koertge. If we were in Heidelberg or Berlin this morning rather than Pasadena, California, my name would be Ron Kitka. There's a German poet named Goethe, so that makes sense. If we're in Germany, you can imagine the derivations are the things I've heard about. Koertge, cohert, Koger, Perga, and my favorite Goethe, which has no relation to my name at all. It might help to remember the nearest rhyme, which to my dismay, is alerche.