Hypothesising about my last name is fine. I get irrational about modifications to my first though. I get that people don't get that, and should probably work out a witty way to say it, but the last time I tried, it just made everything escalate.

Sorry if it sounded brusque.

Hey, nothing wrong with a little brusque, when brusque is called for.

Only a little, and it's good that we know.

ita, when you're writing with pen and ink, do you give yourself an upper case i?

t /curious

And would this be a good moment to check on pronunciation? I've been going with "eeta" all this time, but may be on crack.

Sorry ita, and thanks for telling us.

Hypothesising about my last name is fine.

Gotcha. Good to know, Ms. Fitzwilliam-O'Malley.

Husband is nixing the name change to Kudzu and questions the sanity of the suggestions. Sometimes he can be so conventional.

Husband is nixing the name change to Kudzu and questions the sanity of the suggestions. Sometimes he can be so conventional.

So tell him you're changing it to Clovis.

He has suggested Mr. and Mrs. Soggydoggy. I think that's too long.

Husband is nixing the name change to Kudzu and questions the sanity of the suggestions. Sometimes he can be so conventional.

Total man thing! Joe wouldn't let us change ours to Miracleborn.