In huge swaths of America, people wouldn't know the difference between Victor and Vector.
I was thinking that in Newfoundland, Victor would sound an awful lot like Vector.
I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.
Simon ,'Safe'
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.
Sue - Jan 08, 2009 5:41:30 am PST #87 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Calli - Jan 08, 2009 5:42:51 am PST #88 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
My Great Grandfather was named Guillermo and his son William died. The surviving siblings each named a child for him.
My maternal grandmother had a son named Curtis who died as an infant. Most of my male cousins on that side of the family have Curtis as a middle name. Nothing to do with Tony.
Tom Scola - Jan 08, 2009 5:43:24 am PST #89 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Barack gets elected president today.
sarameg - Jan 08, 2009 5:47:24 am PST #90 of 30000
Solaris. It's part of this complex architecture that I'm still struggling to understand. The other servers on the system are up, so I can't blame someone tripping over a cord (seriously, we got unplugged from the network by a contractor once. )
Tom Scola - Jan 08, 2009 5:49:06 am PST #91 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Ah. The Sun support web site has been wonky all week, BTW.
brenda m - Jan 08, 2009 5:50:37 am PST #92 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh, are we still on the names? Yay. My great aunt was Marguerite, but went by Day (Marguerite -- Daisy -- Day). My grandmother was Grace Matilda, which I've always loved, but now has extra happy-making connotations around here.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 08, 2009 5:57:06 am PST #93 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
What it has to do with is having mechanisms where you are interacting with people who are outside of the White House in a meaningful way. And I've got to look for every opportunity to do that--ways that aren't scripted, ways that aren't controlled, ways where, you know, people aren't just complimenting you or standing up when you enter into a room, ways of staying grounded.
Like posting on a pop-culture board under a different identity?
Jessica - Jan 08, 2009 5:58:48 am PST #94 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Like posting on a pop-culture board under a different identity?
one of us! one of us!
Sue - Jan 08, 2009 6:00:13 am PST #95 of 30000
hip deep in pie
My maternal grandmother had a son named Curtis who died as an infant.
My maternal grandmother had two sons named Gerald. One who died as a toddler, and his namesake who died in his thirties. So my grandmother told my mother not to name any children Gerald, "Because they will just die on you." My brother's middle name is Gerard, as a close tribute.
tommyrot - Jan 08, 2009 6:00:16 am PST #96 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
From Fabulon: What Not to Wear
WTF? And judging by the hair on the leg, that's a guy wearing those
(Some other Fabulon posts are NSFW.)