Apr 2
The Wild Sow commented on Savage Love.
The Wild Sow commented on Savage Love.
Hey, WIMP and Dan - if you don't like the motorcycle and the mustache, send 'em my way (not that Terry would probably be interested in a girlie-type, but still...!)
Mar 6
The Wild Sow commented on Why Middle-Aged People Walk into Traffic.
The Wild Sow commented on Why Middle-Aged People Walk into Traffic.
Anyone my age (middle-aged, here!) certainly remembers the traffic safety jingle we were taught:
♪♫ Single file,
Indian-style,
Facing traffic all the while! ♪♫
(Of course, nowadays it's "Native American Style"!
♪♫ Single file,
Indian-style,
Facing traffic all the while! ♪♫
(Of course, nowadays it's "Native American Style"!
Mar 6
The Wild Sow commented on Why Middle-Aged People Walk into Traffic.
The Wild Sow commented on Why Middle-Aged People Walk into Traffic.
They're doing it right - single file, facing traffic!
Jan 30
The Wild Sow commented on I, Anonymous.
The Wild Sow commented on I, Anonymous.
Maybe she has autism spectrum disorder and CAN'T talk to anyone she doesn't know. Maybe she's deaf or has a speech impairment. Maybe she doesn't speak English. Let it go, dude.
Jan 2
The Wild Sow commented on I Regret Not Taking Out Lance Armstrong.
The Wild Sow commented on I Regret Not Taking Out Lance Armstrong.
@3 - The cancer pre-dated his relationship w/ Sheryl Crow by about 6 or 7 years. Testicular ca = young guy's disease.
Dec 5, 2012
The Wild Sow commented on So, Will You Smoke More Pot When It's Legal?.
The Wild Sow commented on So, Will You Smoke More Pot When It's Legal?.
Please add: Got tired of it around 1977; don't intend to take it up again. But for those who do, enjoy!
Dec 2, 2012
The Wild Sow commented on What's the Second-Worst Baby Name of 2012?.
The Wild Sow commented on What's the Second-Worst Baby Name of 2012?.
@68 - Jacob has had a huge rise. I can't think of a single guy my age with that name (when I was born it was in the 300's of most-popular) -- now it's # 1, while James and John have fallen a lot. Jacob = James, just like Sean & Ian = John, right?
My older grandson has a rather uncommon Biblical name, Elijah. When he was born in 1996, that name was #81 -- last year it was #13 so maybe not so uncommon nowadays? Interestingly, he was named after his mom's much-loved great uncle, who was born in the 1920s. When the name Elijah was way down in the high 300s.
@ 62 - Olivia has had a huge rise in the past few years! It was #4 last year. Maybe we can thank Law & Order SVU? I remember taking driving lessons with an Olivia in the 1970s and I thought it was a neat, rather old-fashioned name. But she was the only one I ever met.
Hazel, another lovely name, is making a comeback too. But anyone my age or a little older who hears that name unfortuately thinks "Maid!"
Because it can't be said enough -- Madison = Blaaarrrghhhhhhhhhhhh!
My older grandson has a rather uncommon Biblical name, Elijah. When he was born in 1996, that name was #81 -- last year it was #13 so maybe not so uncommon nowadays? Interestingly, he was named after his mom's much-loved great uncle, who was born in the 1920s. When the name Elijah was way down in the high 300s.
@ 62 - Olivia has had a huge rise in the past few years! It was #4 last year. Maybe we can thank Law & Order SVU? I remember taking driving lessons with an Olivia in the 1970s and I thought it was a neat, rather old-fashioned name. But she was the only one I ever met.
Hazel, another lovely name, is making a comeback too. But anyone my age or a little older who hears that name unfortuately thinks "Maid!"
Because it can't be said enough -- Madison = Blaaarrrghhhhhhhhhhhh!
Nov 30, 2012
The Wild Sow commented on What's the Second-Worst Baby Name of 2012?.
The Wild Sow commented on What's the Second-Worst Baby Name of 2012?.
There's always the "Supreme Court Test," i.e., would your child's name sound ridiculous if he/she grows up to be a Supreme Court Justice!
Hmmmm....I dunno. Sandra Day? Always made me think of Sandra Dee (♫ Lousy with Vir-gin-ity! ♪) Antonin? Looks like it's misspelled! Condoleezza? Also looks like a typo, and like it ought to rhyme with "pizza."
Hmmmm....I dunno. Sandra Day? Always made me think of Sandra Dee (♫ Lousy with Vir-gin-ity! ♪) Antonin? Looks like it's misspelled! Condoleezza? Also looks like a typo, and like it ought to rhyme with "pizza."
Nov 30, 2012
The Wild Sow commented on What's the Second-Worst Baby Name of 2012?.
The Wild Sow commented on What's the Second-Worst Baby Name of 2012?.
As for Hashtag -- well, Heloise and Abelard named their son Astrolabe after the scientific instrument (all the way back in the early 12th Century!) Le plus ca change, etc...!
Cotton Mather....Increase Mather....Peregrine White....all real early Americans with real weird (to our ears!) names.
Names go through cycles. I was born in the 50s and I didn't have a single contemporary named Hannah, Sophia, Jacob, or God forbid, Ethan. Jacob & Hannah were our old great-aunties and uncles, very old-fashioned and out of style. Then in the 80s, a TV show called Thirtysomething had a little boy character called Ethan. I remember thinking "WTF, is he a Green Mountain Boy or does he sell furniture?!" But Goddamn if it didn't take off. I was flabbergasted when my peers and younger friends started naming their kids things like Sarah and Hannah and Jacob.
Oh well. I have 5 granddaughters, all of whom have very unusual "virtue" names (think Faith Hope and Charity, but less common!) and one grandson with an uncommon Biblical name. And then there's my other grandson...whose name is JOHN!
People are funny old things, aren't we?
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Cotton Mather....Increase Mather....Peregrine White....all real early Americans with real weird (to our ears!) names.
Names go through cycles. I was born in the 50s and I didn't have a single contemporary named Hannah, Sophia, Jacob, or God forbid, Ethan. Jacob & Hannah were our old great-aunties and uncles, very old-fashioned and out of style. Then in the 80s, a TV show called Thirtysomething had a little boy character called Ethan. I remember thinking "WTF, is he a Green Mountain Boy or does he sell furniture?!" But Goddamn if it didn't take off. I was flabbergasted when my peers and younger friends started naming their kids things like Sarah and Hannah and Jacob.
Oh well. I have 5 granddaughters, all of whom have very unusual "virtue" names (think Faith Hope and Charity, but less common!) and one grandson with an uncommon Biblical name. And then there's my other grandson...whose name is JOHN!
People are funny old things, aren't we?
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But somehow, MMK & her boyfriend remind me of the old joke about the Sadist and the Masochist:
Masochist says, "Oh, beat me, beat me!"
Sadist says, "No!"