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Published On: May 17, 2006 11:58 AM
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Published On: May 17, 2006 11:58 AM
What's in a Name?
Or, Madison needs to be stopped
A few naming issues, which, as you know, we love to
talk about here at Stonesthrow.
First, because they're going to build a duplex next to us, which we are going to fight at a zoning meeting Thursday night, we got an architectural sketch of our street which had an arcane version of our street name. Instead of Chestnut Street, our little strip was once called "Freeland Place." Stonesthrow at Freeland Place. Yes. Yes, indeed. Expect stationery soon.
Second, they've been publicizing the list of names put out by the Social Security Administration (hat tip to these guys, which I'll discuss in a minute). My observations:
First, because they're going to build a duplex next to us, which we are going to fight at a zoning meeting Thursday night, we got an architectural sketch of our street which had an arcane version of our street name. Instead of Chestnut Street, our little strip was once called "Freeland Place." Stonesthrow at Freeland Place. Yes. Yes, indeed. Expect stationery soon.
Second, they've been publicizing the list of names put out by the Social Security Administration (hat tip to these guys, which I'll discuss in a minute). My observations:
• Madison is at #3. Sick and wrong. Sick and
wrong.
• Isabella is at #6; Ava at #9: explain that
to me.
• We of course checked our names: Richard is
at #93, its worst showing in 50 years. In Rick's year of birth it was 10th.
Gregory is a shockingly yet pleasingly low 203, also a 50-year low; even just
ten years ago it was in the top 100, and in my year of birth it was 26th. I
mean, I'm not a huge fan of my name, but it's strange to me that there are 202
more popular names...who even knew there were that many? Names beating me this
year? Sebastian (#86), Gage (#148), and Dalton (#180). So many parents are
planning for their children to go into porn. It's nice to see. Also, a lot of
these top ten boy names (I'm thinking Ethan in particular) are not good baseball
names: Edgar, by the way, is #167.
Third, Blog names are fun. My coterie have some lovely examples, and indeed mine pales, though I have one in my head that I may use down the road if I ever re-launch. Others that I read that I love:
Third, Blog names are fun. My coterie have some lovely examples, and indeed mine pales, though I have one in my head that I may use down the road if I ever re-launch. Others that I read that I love:
• A List of Things Thrown Five
Minutes Ago: good pop culture blog
• Philadelphia Will Do:
I just think of the line from
Babe all
the time, and it fits this crazy city; you should really check in on this blog
periodically to experience the strangeness of this place.
• Rowhouse Logic: See
above.
• She Flies with her Own Wings:
the bloggers pseudonym, Coeruleus, is also very cool.
• Echidne of the
Snakes: a good feminist
blogger
Any others you'd like to suggest?
Fourth, Dave put forward a blog request, kind of like when you're at a piano bar. He wanted me to deal with the word homosexual, specifically in the context of these uses:
Any others you'd like to suggest?
Fourth, Dave put forward a blog request, kind of like when you're at a piano bar. He wanted me to deal with the word homosexual, specifically in the context of these uses:
• I am homosexual
• I am a
homosexual
I'm going to leave that off until the next post.
PS: I voted in our primaries yesterday, one of like three people to do so. I love voting. I distinctly remember going with my mom to vote, and being able to "vote" on a mock ballot and such. So cool. Anywho, I asked the poll ladies how I could volunteer to work at the polls, and they said to call such and such number, but that also the Democrats were looking for people to be committeepersons for the borough. I talked to the woman outside (handing out information and such) who was the outgoing committeeperson, and she talked about the responsibilities, which really weren't that much. I am mulling doing it. I read blogs all the time that call people to action, and I still do diddly; this would be a step above diddly, but would still be something. Thoughts?
I'm going to leave that off until the next post.
PS: I voted in our primaries yesterday, one of like three people to do so. I love voting. I distinctly remember going with my mom to vote, and being able to "vote" on a mock ballot and such. So cool. Anywho, I asked the poll ladies how I could volunteer to work at the polls, and they said to call such and such number, but that also the Democrats were looking for people to be committeepersons for the borough. I talked to the woman outside (handing out information and such) who was the outgoing committeeperson, and she talked about the responsibilities, which really weren't that much. I am mulling doing it. I read blogs all the time that call people to action, and I still do diddly; this would be a step above diddly, but would still be something. Thoughts?
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