really bad names for your kids

One of my cousins has named her newborn Bishop Robert [Lastname-begins-with-B]. I haven't heard the reasons why they chose that name, but I can't think of any good ones. Poor kid is going to have an awful time in school. What are they (family OR classmates) going to call him? All the possibilities are horrible. Bish? (Or worse, Bitch?) Shop? B-Bob? Bubba? Be-Right-Back? Arby? (Or worse, Barbie?)

Not my fault

Duh. Everything is my fault.

that's REALLY bad because how many other cases might there be?

Oh, sara, I'm sorry.

Is it too early to try to Pollyanna this with the hope that now that you know about this, it'll be possible to look at the rest of the stuff and find out if anything else doesn't work, before it fails like this current one and causes more problems and needs for cleanups? Or is all the checking process too complicated and stressful in and of itself as it is?

[Edit: dcp, where is your tagline from?

An amateur practices until he's got it right. A professional practices until he can't get it wrong.

comics

1 is a Fantastic Four/Power Pack combo - it was 1 of 4 and I am pretty sure all four have been published and out.

The other is a Spider-man and The Fantastic Four, also 1 of 4 and #1 was called "The Arrival".

THANKS

ION - I called in sick today. mac got his new brace and getting to the brace place is an ordeal, so I zipcared for the first time and it was much more enjoyable. Now he has an awesome new brace that fits and it has Batman all over it.

Now I have 3.5 free hours. Problem is I have about 10 hours of stuff I'd like to do in that time. must prioritize.

Nilly, it came from here.

eta: Here is one of his more recent blog entries, with a story Buffistas might enjoy: [link]

The checking can be done. And I think I'm going to insist it BE done. Because we have a small window before it goes from being a complicated thing to accomplish to verging on impossible.

Poor kid is going to have an awful time in school.

eh. According to my 2nd grade teacher sister-in-law, kids rarely give each other shit about "odd" names anymore. Names are just so much more diverse now then they were in the past. And I think Bishop is actually pretty traditional. I kind of like it.

Okay, it's 23 C (74F) outside, with humidex making it feel like it's 32 C. (89F) However, our air conditioning is in high gear, and so it's about 18C (65F) inside. And yet, I just went to look out the window at the fog, and the radiator is pumping out heat. It makes no sense.

Thanks, dcp. I've marked it for reading later (like practically everything that is not whining here or writing my dissertation).

we have a small window before it goes from being a complicated thing to accomplish to verging on impossible.

Then I'll insist of my Pollyanna-ish-ness and keep thinking that if it had to happen (and, well, in a world that has Murphy's laws, it obviously has to happen), at least the timing is as OK as possible under the circumstances. Good luck with that, either way.

Did I mention it's as foggy as all get out. This is a from a live webcam: [link]

Um, Sue? I think the camera is broken...