I just had to image google Teddy boy to take myself to a happy place during this conference call.

Why? I haven't seen any objections to it that stood up to examination.

He's Seen Too Much. It makes him uber-careful with on-line financials. See "The Great Mint.com Battle of 2011." I won...but it was a struggle.

I have to say, Holli, you would seem to be, uh, tailor made for each other.

How does he feel about Paypal, Erin?

My boss likes my shoes (red Chinese dragon cloth Mary Janes). That makes three pairs of my shoes he likes. I feel rightfully chuffed. I have no idea why I even care. I win the shoe thing!

But I used Square to sell concert tickets from my Android phone and that side of it worked like a dream.

My step-father just bought Square in order to sell merch post-gigs, but stopped using it after he heard about security issues with the software. Did you hear anything about those issues? (Side note: I really wish the parentals would ask me BEFORE laying out money for tech. Now I'm faced with setting up their shiny new tablet remotely, and it's not even the best solution for their needs.)

Wow, Mr. Flowersocks Teddyboy keeps sounding better and better. Have fun on Saturday, Holli!

Ugh, I'm in a bad mood I can't shake today. I slept terribly last night -- woke up around 3, tossed and turned until 4:30, eventually got up and read on the couch for a while. Fell asleep at some point but the cat kept waking me up, until I dragged myself up at 7:30 to face the day. So tired, and also feeling vaguely sickish, and just generally overwhelmed -- too much work to do, both at work and at home, email inbox approaching disaster status, and all I want to do is sleep.

What really sucks, though, is that I know the root cause of this bad mood is a discussion I had with DH last night about baby names, in which I discovered that he really, firmly dislikes my very favorite name -- the only one, in fact, to which I feel really attached. I know it's not a big deal and we'll come up with another good name, but man, I *really* wanted to use that name, and it's making me very sad to realize I'm just not going to change his mind. (I spent a good chunk of my awake time last night running over various arguments I could use, but they're all either insubstantial or kind of dirty pool. The fact that the kid will be getting M's last name isn't actually a good enough reason for me to insist on getting my way on the first name, right?)

Ideally both parents should like the name, but often one parent is fonder than the other. DH nixed almost all the boy names I liked, so our list of possible boy names was extremely short. But ask me now and I'll say Isaac is a perfect name for that kid.

No. But I used Square to sell concert tickets from my Android phone and that side of it worked like a dream.

I've purchased stuff from vendors using Square, and it's great. Pete is going to be using it at the big M:tG event to sell things to fans.

HOLLI! It finally dawned on me that you are actively finding vintage clothes and stuff! Sooo, if you happen to find a b&w striped blazer (think Beetlejuice) in a size 12 or 14, please ping me?

But ask me now and I'll say Isaac is a perfect name for that kid.

Yeah, I know this will happen whatever we settle on (and I'm glad to have it confirmed by other parents!). Sigh. I guess I just really had my heart set on that name, more than I realized.

Can you live with a middle name? Can DH?