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Yesterday Was Ron Artest’s Last Day On Earth, So Celebrate Him

by Dan Fogarty | 2:04 pm, September 16th, 2011

Starting today, Ronald William Artest, Jr. is no more. This morning, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge commissioner approved Artest’s request to be called “Metta World Peace,” a name change that Artest wanted to do last month but couldn’t because he had unpaid parking tickets.

With all of that ugly business out of the way, World Peace now reigns supreme. So celebrate Metta Day by starting a brawl, or wearing your pajamas to a talk show, or walking up to someone in the shower while you’re both naked and having a conversation with them. In other words, do all of the things Ron Artest would do, and look forward to a day when Marv Albert has to say “Kobe Bryant in, Metta World Peace: out.”

[Photo via Nikki Oh]