Mine's intentionally mispelled. The original Phineas Gage was a railroad man in the 1800's that had an iron tamping rod blown through his head when he was setting dynamite. It destroyed his left temporal lobe of his brain and changed his personality from a nice guy to a foul-mouthed a-hole.
"The equilibrium or balance, so to speak, between his intellectual faculties and animal propensities, seems to have been destroyed. He is fitful, irreverent, indulging at times in the grossest profanity (which was not previously his custom), manifesting but little deference for his fellows, impatient of restraint or advice when it conflicts with his desires, at times pertinaciously obstinate, yet capricious and vacillating, devising many plans of future operations, which are no sooner arranged than they are abandoned in turn for others appearing more feasible. A child in his intellectual capacity and manifestations, he has the animal passions of a strong man. Previous to his injury, although untrained in the schools, he possessed a well-balanced mind, and was looked upon by those who knew him as a shrewd, smart businessman, very energetic and persistent in executing all his plans of operation. In this regard his mind was radically changed, so decidedly that his friends and acquaintances said he was "no longer Gage."
At least it's a good story...apprehending an armed robber?? Sounds like the tag line for a superhero to me "TITANIUMMAN!"
