(The A was for "Adolph," but that got dropped right quick in the late 'thirties).

My German-immigrant neighbor when I was a kid had his name legally changed from Adolf Rudolph to Rudolph Adolf in the late '30s.

One of the PE teachers in middle school was named Adolph. I can't remember his last name, we only ever called him Coach Last Name, but somewhere I saw his name was Adolph.

I thiought it was a very unfortunate choice for him.

I was asleep and very happy and then my download finished and started and startled me awake. I hurt my thumb somehow in the waking up process. Since I was awake I watched part of the download and now I'm not sleepy.

And then Tom would have cried and cried and cried.

My Uncle Tommy was the best and the first Tom in my life. It gives all the subsequent Tom's an advantage with me.

I was supposed to have been named Velvet. No, really. Small favors, huh?

Neither of our kids ever complained about their names. If they had, I'd just have shared the info that they avoided being named Volodimyr by this much.

Hey Plei, do you have any interest in the Web Computing Specialist position that's posted on the UW site for the Preparedness Center? If you do, I know the person doing the hiring at the center, and I'd be more than happy to demand that he give you an interview.

Hey Plei, do you have any interest in the Web Computing Specialist position that's posted on the UW site for the Preparedness Center? If you do, I know the person doing the hiring at the center, and I'd be more than happy to demand that he give you an interview.

I'm technically still working for another three weeks with my current contract, but I'll check the UW site and see.

My Uncle Tommy was the best and the first Tom in my life

thinks about an "Uncle Tom" comment.

The other things I could have been named were Vanessa, Phoebe, Chloe, and Starr. My dad was the Vanessa/Starr proponent, while my mother liked Phoebe and Chloe. I failed her expectations for a daughter miserably anyway; if I'd been named Phoebe or Chloe it would've been that much worse.

Ironically, my father's second wife has a daughter my age named Starr (middle name, but called that in the family).

We really liked Dominic and Gabriel as names for Mallory, and now I can't remember why we didn't go with one of those. Christian was also high up on the list, but dropped because we aren't...and Robert was afraid it would get shortened to Chris. (He's a bit sensitive since people will spasmodically call him Bob or even Bert.)

But the world needs more Berts!

Christian was also high up on the list, but dropped because we aren't...and Robert was afraid it would get shortened to Chris.

My middle name (Jacqueline) is middle and not first because my mom had nickname issues.

I have my doctor's appointment for my back this morning.

So far, I have:

• woken up before my alarm totally awake and rested
• gone in to make coffee and realized that I am not in pain
• decided this is like taking your car to the mechanic when it is making a funky noise and having the noise stop a mile from the shop.

However, just felt a twinge in the same spot so I can't claim the miracle cure just yet.

I'm also going to note (literally, I grabbed a pad of paper to note stuff down on cause my memory is unreliable when faced with date-like questions) that total bed/couch rest for a four-day weekend and then a three-day weekend did not lead to this and that yesterday afternoon was bad and had spasms.

Have a lovely Saturday, Bitches. Off to shower now.

And the not hurting for the first half hour today? We like, we like a lot!