Tag: Names
American Profile
My friend Leonardo e-mailed me about this. Our paper carries a Parade magazine like thing during the week called American Perspectives or something like that. At any rate, today’s cover story is on unusual baby names. The illustration is a dozen ‘My name is’ name tags like you’d wear at a conference. And the name, […]
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We finally got her surname correct on that pesky birth certificate. See, at the hospital they only permitted the mother’s name, the father’s name, or a hyphenation of the two. Dangerblond told me of that’s the law. So we knew we’d have to go through a legal procedure. It sure has taken a while to […]
Read More → EverpaxThree Months
Persephone, I imagine some day you’ll be asking about your name. You’re only three months old now, so obviously it’s not exactly on your mind right now. But some day you’ll realize this name is at least a little unusual, not to mention confusing to some people, and you’ll wonder why we named you this. […]
Read More → Three MonthsNeighbor Kids
Xy wanted to give some trinkets to the neighbor kids this holiday season, so she had one of the girls compile a list. Tomanique Shawn’ae Shawniah Shawnique Jurr’ieon Jurr’eall Melqueisha Amy Tyesha Joshua Zykeith La Aarea Keira Lamar Justin Cheveniqua Ages range from one to fifteen, and three-quarters of the kids are girls. I was […]
Read More → Neighbor KidsElla Dee
Just got word that Xy’s brother’s girlfriend has successfully given birth (via C-section) to a healthy baby girl: Ella Dee Paxson, six pounds and a few ounces. I thought it was odd that the girl got her father’s last name even though the parents aren’t married, but I guess that’s patriarchy for you. Anyway, cheers […]
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