Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[evenodds]

There is an interesting article in the Times Magazine about the fashion of baby names "Where Have All the Lisas Gone?".

The prediction of the top 10 most popular names in 2010 has made me reconsider a couple of the names on our list.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by evenodds
There is an interesting article in the Times Magazine about the fashion of baby names "Where Have All the Lisas Gone?".

The prediction of the top 10 most popular names in 2010 has made me reconsider a couple of the names on our list.

For real! These bandwagon jumping mutherfuckers. The little girl formerly known as the world's cutest baby has seen her name jump from outside the top 100 at birth to top 20 and if that article is prognosticorially correct, top 10 by 2010.

On the plus side daughter #2 is barely in the top 400.

And neither has a middle name in the top 1000. Yet.

Speaking of names, when did this site revert back to the practice of requiring real emails to create socks? NTTAWWT.

Oh the humanity!

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Speaking of names, when did this site revert back to the practice of requiring real emails to create socks? NTTAWWT.

Oh the humanity!

You actually were always required to use a working email address (read the TOS) but we disabled the verification to make it easy for everyone to sign up. I figured given all the times they had already had to sign up (what was it 3? 4?) it would be best to make it very easy to re-register for this site.

Now that all the people who registered on the original site(s) re-registered (or don't plan on re-registering) it seems reasonable to turn it back on. In this way enforcing the rule that requires a working email address.

However, you can still use the same email address for the socks you don't have. Even if you leave it possible for people to email you, they aren't provided with your address when they click on the link. They are provided with a form in which they type the email and send it to you.


Back to the NYT, interesting review of Beyonce's Album (as compared to Ashanti's) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/ar...ANN.html?8hpib

[pretermitted_child]

Originally posted by evenodds
There is an interesting article in the Times Magazine about the fashion of baby names "Where Have All the Lisas Gone?".

The prediction of the top 10 most popular names in 2010 has made me reconsider a couple of the names on our list.

Interesting article.

In addition to aesthetic concerns, I think parents have to be mindful of the utilitarian aspects of naming their children. A few suggestions that come immediately to mind are:
(1) Make it data-entry friendly (i.e., your child's first name should be one word -- no spacings or odd hyphenations/punctuation. The same rule should be applied to middle names as well as last names).
(2) Avoid foreign names that are spelled in a counterintuitive fashion (what child wants the hassle of having em's name mispronounced and misspelled all the time?).
(3) If you want to use a gender-neutral, unconventional name, make sure that your last name, in conjunction with the child's first name, doesn't result in a semantically embarrassing combination that describes a household item, a commodity, or some natural phenomenon (I once had a classmate whose full name described something that was commonly harvested on a plantation (googling his full name gives you 25,900 results.).

:soapbox:

p(Suggestions (1) and (2) are based on the fact that my name has been butchered and mispronounced in every way imaginable. It is also gender-neutral (but doesn't describe anything, thank goodness). There are at least 3 "Official" ways of spelling my name as reflected in various public and academic records.)c

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by leagleaze

What me sock?

[tmdiva]

Originally posted by pretermitted_child
Interesting article.

In addition to aesthetic concerns, I think parents have to be mindful of the utilitarian aspects of naming their children. A few suggestions that come immediately to mind are:
(1) Make it data-entry friendly (i.e., your child's first name should be one word -- no spacings or odd hyphenations/punctuation. The same rule should be applied to middle names as well as last names).
(2) Avoid foreign names that are spelled in a counterintuitive fashion (what child wants the hassle of having em's name mispronounced and misspelled all the time?).
(3) If you want to use a gender-neutral, unconventional name, make sure that your last name, in conjunction with the child's first name, doesn't result in a semantically embarrassing combination that describes a household item, a commodity, or some natural phenomenon (I once had a classmate whose full name described something that was commonly harvested on a plantation (googling his full name gives you 25,900 results.).

:soapbox:

p(Suggestions (1) and (2) are based on the fact that my name has been butchered and mispronounced in every way imaginable. It is also gender-neutral (but doesn't describe anything, thank goodness). There are at least 3 "Official" ways of spelling my name as reflected in various public and academic records.)c

I couldn't concur more strongly. My name violates rule number 1, and has been the source of endless frustration. When a friend recently named her new daughter MaryElizabeth, I cringed and told her mom (from whom I heard about it) she should have talked to me first.

I think I'll forward that article to everyone I know who's pregnant.

tm

[Austintatious]

Originally posted by pretermitted_child
In addition to aesthetic concerns, I think parents have to be mindful of the utilitarian aspects of naming their children. A few suggestions that come immediately to mind are:
(1) Make it data-entry friendly (i.e., your child's first name should be one word -- no spacings or odd hyphenations/punctuation. The same rule should be applied to middle names as well as last names).
(2) Avoid foreign names that are spelled in a counterintuitive fashion (what child wants the hassle of having em's name mispronounced and misspelled all the time?).
(3) If you want to use a gender-neutral, unconventional name, make sure that your last name, in conjunction with the child's first name, doesn't result in a semantically embarrassing combination that describes a household item, a commodity, or some natural phenomenon (I once had a classmate whose full name described something that was commonly harvested on a plantation (googling his full name gives you 25,900 results.).

I say pick anything you choose. I have a very common first name for my age, and people regularly misspell it. You cannot run your life according to other people's potential for error.

No matter what name you give your children, people will pronounce or spell it as they wish. What may appear to be a "counterintuitive" spelling to you may be intuitive to others.

As for your 3rd suggestion: you are assuming his naming was unintentional?

Austin("Seven," anyone?)tatious

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
My first job was telemarketing, trying to get people to come up to Ontario "cottage country" to take a tour of a timeshare property. For this we offered them a free gift, which I recall was a crapola 1986-era portable TV. We got their names and phone numbers from "contest entry forms" people filled out at home shows and boat shows. I was 13 and not quite up to the challenge of having people yell at me for calling during dinner. I didn't last very long.
str(K-free in '03)8

(hehehehehehe) I worked telemarketing for Kayak Pools my first year of college if you think what you did was bad. Anyone ever sign up at a fair to win a free pool???? Yes? Then I bet I fucking called you and tried to sell you a pool at some point. ARGHHHHHH!!! Not too much later I did ChemLawn. You got moles, you got grubs, BABY! I sucked at sales so I went back to building car engines.

[notcasesensitive]

Barry White has died. I suggest we take a moment of celebacy in mourning.

Anyone else noting the high number of celebrity deaths this month? Anyone ready for a death watch poll? I'll start with the obvious choice, Bob Hope.

Edited to say that it is possible that Bob Hope died already. If so, then I will go with Michael Jackson (in a FREAK accident?).

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Barry White has died. I suggest we take a moment of celebacy in mourning.

Anyone else noting the high number of celebrity deaths this month? Anyone ready for a death watch poll? I'll start with the obvious choice, Bob Hope.

Fuck, I missed your post and already, uh...fuck. And everyone knows it wasn't in the ass so -- well, it was a boring, normal, married, we-have-a-five-year-old-in-the-house fuck. Fuck. Now I gotta go set his coffee machine up cuz, well, he fell asleep. FUCK. TITS. Shit.


The high number of celebrity deaths is bothering me because it seems like it didn't used to bother me because I did not know who the fuck they were talking about and now, well, I do. This is kinda like when I realized that the entire cast of Breakfast Club is my age. ARGHHHHHH

Edited to note that BRAVES WIN, BRAVES WIN.......and Javy the HOTTIE is in the All-Star Game....my panties are now wet for the duration.

[evenodds]

The Sunday stage featured a wicked crash in the last km so all the riders finished on the same time. Tyler Hamilton broke his collarbone, Levi Leipheimer broke a bone in his back, so they are most likely out for the tour along with a Rabobank teammate Mark Lotz.

Petacchi won and blamed organizers for the dangerous run in to the line.

Lance was very mildly injured, as were teammates Hincapie and Ekimov.

Full text: http://sports.yahoo.com/sc/news?slug...v=ap&type=lgns

For Penske:


US Injury Update: Tyler is starting with a broken collarbone. This is the same guy who finished the Giro 2nd with a broken shoulder. Levi is out -- he broke his pelvis. Lance was hit from behind and bruised in the back, but he's fine.

[Austintatious]

I saw this on yahoo and my husband is going to be so pissed!

All afternoon, he stood around drinking beer with our neighbor trashing talking about the coming domination of the Lakers over our "home" team the Spurs.

Kobe Bryant Surrenders on Sex-Assault Charge
By COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press Writer

DENVER - Los Angeles Lakers (news) star Kobe Bryant (news) turned himself in to police and posted a $25,000 bond on a felony count of sexual assault, the Eagle County sheriff's office said Sunday.

The 24-year-old All-Star guard was released after turning himself in on Friday.

The sheriff's office said an arrest warrant was issued after deputies investigated a woman's claims Tuesday of sexual misconduct by Bryant. The incident happened the previous night in a hotel in the Edwards area of Eagle County, near Vail, the sheriff's office said in a statement.

After a series of interviews and a review of the physical evidence, investigators met with representatives for District Attorney Mark Hurlbert and concluded they had enough evidence for the felony sexual assault count, the sheriff's office said.

[Jack Manfred]

Originally posted by evenodds
There is an interesting article in the Times Magazine about the fashion of baby names "Where Have All the Lisas Gone?".

According to the article, Madison is the second-most popular name for girls. This means that the author and other experts have failed to consider the role strippers and pornstars must have had in making names popular. I envision thousands of fathers-to-be, confronted by their wives with lists of names and and all manner of business that they (mistakenly) thought they had escaped after the wedding. Glassy-eyed and nostalgic for their freedom (most recently expressed in a trip to the neighborhood strip club), they assent only to those names that remind them of the blonde with the tongue ring (and now most of his disposable income for the week).

[Jack Manfred]

I'd insert spoiler space, but if you haven't seen The Big Lebowski by now, then you shouldn't even be on this board.

So I was watching the film over the Fourth, when I realized that Brandt would probably have to be in on the conspiracy with the Big Lebowski. After all, Brandt is loyal to Lebowski, and would probably do whatever his employer asked.

I was also reminded of a blog where the blogger listed Tara Reid as a mainsteam actor who would do much better in porn than in Hollywood. Of course, Bunny La Jolla made her porn debut in Logjammin' with an uncredited cameo by real-life porn star Asia Carrera (this is why I love imdb.org, if a movie has a cult following, then you can learn everything about it).

This seems like a pretty good poll question, come to think of it.


Which actor or actress would be more successful in porno?

Sadly, my choice reflects the paucity of roles for hot brunettes in their late 30's. I think either Sherilyn Fenn or Laura Elena Harring should at least realize that their careers will lead to roles in B-grade "erotic thrillers" before long.

Of course, either one of them could have a Marisa Tomei-styled career renaissance, whoch would suit me just fine. Both of them can act, they just don't seem to do it too often.

[andViolins]

Could someone please explain to me the apparent media fascination with Mo Rocca? I saw him on Fox News a few days ago. He was frightfully boring and anything but funny. What gives?

aV