Is it just me, or was last night's GA not quite as good as normal?

I fell asleep during, but the early bits with everyone but Meredith hating the dog and Dr. McSatan waiting outside the elevator to greet her and Derek as they exited seemed pretty good.

Nicknames are tricky things. How do you get Lalo from Eduardo in Spanish? Or Pancha from Fernanda?

ION, the second Bridget Jones movie is really, really bad. Bad.

Is it just me, or was last night's GA not quite as good as normal?

It wasn't just you. I thought it was thoroughly average.

I think my face set early. But not as dramatically as my sister.

PT says he's going to prevent me from taking the brown belt test. Bite me.

Oh dear.

(that's not on the baby ita pictures, which are quite endearing.)

Chile has its first female president. Wow. The DH and I are kind of stunned. We liked Bachelet, but were kind of unsure of whether the country was ready to take the leap. Interesting article in El Mercurio if you read Spanish.

How do you get Lalo from Eduardo in Spanish? Or Pancha from Fernanda?

The Lalo thing makes sense to me, since I can get pretty close to an L sound saying Eduardo in Spanish (ish). F and P feel close in my mouth, too. I'm fascinated by all this.

I really just don't quite get why people didn't name their kids more different things.

Chile has its first female president. Wow. The DH and I are kind of stunned.

She sounds like quite an interesting and colorful character. I wish her well.

Maybe it's also because you have perfectly acceptable options for nicknames that seem to make more sense (Edu for Eduardo, Feña for Fernanda/o).

My only angst about just expanding the name pool is that way lies Laquita and Dayshante.

No Golden Globe red carpet watch n post? Wah!