Timelies all!

Happy Birthday Lee! Happy Birthday board!

I've gotten my first name misspelled in a variety of ways. Most often it's Cheryl. I've gone from a 4-letter last name that frequently got misspelled and/or mispronounced to a 7-letter last name that also gets mangled. Oh, well.

The most common one is "Dru."

Like Dru Hill!

I got asked if my name was "Ha" last week.

This is why people think you're Korean.

This is why people think you're Korean.

I had not put two and two thusly together...fascinating.

My sister was told, a few years after prep school, that she must have changed her name to what she was then using. Changed her name from "Margery." How the fuck can you been in class with someone for years and not notice they're not called Margery?

Hmm. After all that typing I've suddenly started liking the name. That would be all messy, to get a kid and name them the nearest quasi-traditional Western name to my sister's, but still off enough it'd have its own problems.

Hey! Anyone wanna donate sperm? And a womb?

My neighbor's daughter is named Chen-li. It's Hebrew but I'm wondering how many people mistake it for an Asian name.

And a womb?

Sorry, mine's closed for business. I might sell you Liv, though. She's not overly attached to her name yet.

That would be all messy, to get a kid and name them the nearest quasi-traditional Western name to my sister's, but still off enough it'd have its own problems.

Yeah, I don't think many people misspelled my mom's name (Françoise) because they probably always double-checked it. Mispronounced, sure.

I don't think many people misspelled my mom's name (Françoise) because they probably always double-checked it.

People didn't doublecheck my name near often enough (didn't, don't, schmon't), but traditionally they always asked my sister's. So I grew up spelling her name much more often than I had to spell my own. Both our names are very simply spelt, but hers is moreso, because once you've seen it it seems to match so well to its pronunciation that it gets propagated correctly.

NSM with me. Just a flood of misspellings and mispronunciations. Three letters, people. I'm trying to make it easy on you...

Rare Chinese Monkey Picked Tea

Monkey Picked Tea is a rare tea that is carefully picked by specially trained monkeys in a remote mountain region of China.

It is claimed that none of the monkeys are mistreated or harmed in this process. They say that the monkeys are treated as respected members of their family.

We have not been able to find any pictures of any monkeys actually picking tea leaves, but we did find this one video that shows a girl whip a camera around and claim the monkey was picking tea… you be the judge.

But do they poop it?

I HAZ HAWT WATUR!

Or whatever that form is. The wasteful person I am, I took a shower so I could finally shave.

I also got my credit card bill and nearly had a heart attack until I realized there was a trip in there, cat checkup and the dentist visits.

My brother goes by the diminuative (? Just the first syllable) of his name. He really doesn't care to use the whole thing. But he's adamant about his sons' names not being nicked or shortened. Which I do, but not to them, and usually only in writing.

But do they poop it?

Supposedly not, but since there's no video documentation of their work, who knows what the fuck they're really doing....