I expect grief with my first name, and so am especially aggrieved when people get shirty about my PERFECTLY NORMAL middle name.

Mmmm, Suzi-Qs were my favorite junk food snack in the world!

So now I'm a junk food. Not sure how I feel about that. I'm definitely not sugary sweet.

Are you back home now, Sail?

My only complaint is when people spell my name with an H. Or call me Nikki.

for billytea: penguin cam

My name doesn't get messed up too much. In the official version, I sometimes get ruh'-shell as a pronunciation, but not often.

But, my maiden name was Thompson, and about 1 in 5 people would say Thomas. WTF?

How do people do things like have careers or write books with (pre-)toddlers? Seriously. Other than child care, all that was on my list today was to revise one 5000-word story, and not one word got revised.

It is almost feeding time for the penguins ( 1030 board time)

My BFF's name is Lauren. When we lived in England, people would constantly refer to her as Maureen. We were puzzled.

Darlin Nikki, you still around?

Ok, if you are still talking to me, check your e-mail.

If you aren't - well, you can sleep in the dog kennel in May.

Yup, I'm back home, Nicole. We had an absolutely lovely and hilarious wake for my aunt. Many stories, tall and short, were told and we now have new family catchphrases that will live in infamy. Particularly one that has to do with cutting clothes off of a family member. I'll leave it up to your imagination. Hee. Actually, it was all about girlish competition over ankle socks, of all things. But, while the technique has never yet been duplicated, the threat has been used quite effectively in other parts of the family over other items of clothing. Now, that's a legacy to live up to!

Well, for me, Suzi, I could never get enough SuziQs. So, I guess I'm saying there will never be enough of you to go around and satisfy us all. ;P

I get Deborah sometimes. I guess it has the same key sounds - the d, thr r, the b - but it's still kind of odd.