John Bladek: Hello. My name is John Bladek. The best way to remember it is to think of a sword blade when you say it. Don't worry. You're far from the first person who mispronounced my name. Bladek is a Polish name and not a very common one, so I think even most people over in Poland mispronounce it. If you live in the United States and you have the name Bladek, you just might be related to me, so I hope I'm saying it right.