Oy-- I just posted a WIP chapter on my LJ as part of a blog tour. I feel sick.
Someone tell me something fun to distract me.
Hands! Hands in new places!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Barb - Jan 08, 2009 3:39:52 am PST #70 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
DCJensen - Jan 08, 2009 4:08:48 am PST #71 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
One grandmother was named Estella Marie, but called Dorothy.
Her name was Magill, and she called herself Lil, but everyone knew her as Nancy.
Steph L. - Jan 08, 2009 4:08:49 am PST #72 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Hee--for any editors/proofreaders out there!
I am adding that to my desktop tomorrow!
Just added to mine!
Barb - Jan 08, 2009 4:11:21 am PST #73 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Oooooooh... not quite PuppyCam, but it's a Shiba-Inu mix puppy named Buffy!
flea - Jan 08, 2009 4:18:04 am PST #74 of 30000
information libertarian
We, and the other child Evelyns I know, say EV - schwa - lin, which spoken fast occasionally comes out EV-lin. Dillo calls her EHW-win, but he's two, and the letter L is hard. My best friend is named EVE-lyn, a family name, and has found that people almost always get it wrong (she's called Lyn for every day).
Calli - Jan 08, 2009 4:43:04 am PST #75 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Her name was Magill, and she called herself Lil, but everyone knew her as Nancy.
They call me Mimi; I don't know why.
Jessica - Jan 08, 2009 4:52:18 am PST #76 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hey, SNOW!
Trudy Booth - Jan 08, 2009 5:12:23 am PST #77 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
There used to be a practice among poor rural whites in the South and West of naming kids Judge and Colonel and General for just that reason. Occasional rather than common practice, but something that happened often enough not to be remarked upon.
I have some vague recollection of poor rural blacks in the South and West going with similar names for similar reasons but no idea where the article (or whatever) is.
My Family Name things aren't so wacky. We thought my sister was the third generation with a middle name of "Joy" but we found out at my Grandmother's funeral that Gramma was named for someone too, so she's at least the fourth.
My Great Grandfather was named Guillermo and his son William died. The surviving siblings each named a child for him. So my Father grew up as Bill with first cousins (who lived nearby) named Billy and Will. Fortunately they all had different last names. I think my Dad is the 12th or 13th William Francis "Booth" in the family.
I have a friend who's family tree includes twins named Hubert and Herbert. I cannot imagine an era where that wasn't just plain mean.
sarameg - Jan 08, 2009 5:22:16 am PST #78 of 30000
Today is going FANTASTIC.
In addition to looking forward to getting yelled at this afternoon, our main server just went comatose. Very, very, very, VERY bad.
Lee - Jan 08, 2009 5:28:32 am PST #79 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Ugh, Sara.
I'm probably going to get yelled at too, for something that happened before I started working at this firm, which makes me want to be sick again, but I really can't.