August 2012
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July 2012
9 posts
A quick dating story.
Once I went out on a few half-hearted dates with a woman that I’d been introduced to through a friend. After a week or so, she broke it off for reasons she didn’t explain, but that became clear when she changed her Facebook relationship status the next day to “In a relationship with ________.”
I clicked through to find out what my rival was like. His profile was mostly...
I thought that nutritional supplement was pretty...
Some eager young kid walked up to me on Lake Street the other day, and pressed a flier into my hand. I thought he might be trying to sell me on a religious service, but it was actually for an upcoming meeting of the local chapter of a “Nutrition Club.” I imagined, if I were to attend, I would hear a sales pitch for a nutritional supplement. This obviously wasn’t something I was...
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Nineteen popular names for boys, 2011.
All selected from the Social Security Administration’s list of the 1,000 most popular names for baby boys in 2011, in order of their popularity:
4. Jayden
9. Aiden
37. Brayden
70. Ayden
90. Hayden
105. Kayden
107. Aidan
119. Kaden
136. Caden
186. Jaiden
259. Braden
535. Raiden
592. Jaydon
636. Aidyn
660. Aydin
682. Aydan
873. Jaidyn
908. Jaydon
961. Jaydan
984. Jaydin
Woodrow.
Here’s a relevant self-reblog from a few years ago, in honor of Woody Guthrie’s birthday today.
Nate returned from a Sturdevant family reunion in the ancestral homeland of Maryland a few years ago, and reported back that there are a few relatives, living and dead, bearing the name “Woodrow Wilson Sturdevant.”
This was a popular given name for at least one or two...
