#FridayFive: Mispronunciations of Gagne November 30th, 2018 @ 7:15 am PST
How hard is it to say my name?
#FridayFive: Discarded Names July 6th, 2018 @ 7:43 am PDT
My first-born son got lucky.
#FridayFive: Songs About Jane August 22nd, 2014 @ 5:21 am PDT
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#FridayFive: Bond Women Names March 26th, 2010 @ 7:28 am PDT
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#FridayFive: Favorite Los Angeles Street Names May 1st, 2009 @ 9:15 am PDT
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The Naming of Things May 8th, 2008 @ 12:14 pm PDT
A Partial List of Artists in My iTunes Library That I Cannot Decide How to Properly Name Joan Jett and the Blackhearts or Jett, Joan and the Blackhearts? Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers or Petty, Tom and the Heartbreakers? Rilo Kiley or Kiley, Rilo? Ted Leo & the Pharmacists or Leo, Ted & the Pharmacists? […]
Naming Legends September 6th, 2007 @ 7:46 am PDT
I know you want to believe it. I know that it came from a trustworthy source — your sister, your cousin, your aunt — who would never lie to you. I know it is almost plausible. But, no. Your aunt did not have twins in her class named Orange Jello and Lemon Jello. Your sister […]
NPR Voices May 22nd, 2007 @ 5:52 am PDT
My Five Eight Favorite NPR Names Cokie Roberts Nina Totenberg Mandalit del Barco Korva Coleman Nora Raum Corey Flintoff Liane Hansen Sylvia Poggioli
My Family Is Cool January 19th, 2007 @ 6:10 pm PST
At some point recently I stumbled upon Geni.com, a family-tree site. This is the kind of thing I seriously dig. It makes me sad that I can only go back two or three nodes on my family tree. My oldest nana is 86 and — when I called her a few minutes ago — was […]
Top 50 Davids October 25th, 2006 @ 7:41 pm PDT
Awesome! I am the 46th most important “David” in the world. That’s according to Google, at least. Today I read a post over at Tempus Fugit about being a top ten Mark and figured I’d take a look and see where I rank among the Davids of the world. Forty-six! I honestly didn’t think I’d […]
