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5 February 2006

Name by name, but not by nature

I've been puzzling over this one for a couple of days now:

My stepmother postulates that no one is ever entirely happy with his/her first name. Discuss.

I suppose I can provide support for this postulate, since I'm not exactly thrilled with the name I have. On the other hand, I can't really think of one I'd prefer. (Of the various noms de screen I've had over the past two decades, the single one I can say I really liked was "Harry," and that only because I'd paired it with the perfect surname: "Diehl.")

Maybe I should give this further thought.

Posted at 8:30 AM to General Disinterest

I regret I didn't name Beauregard "Hairy Houdini."

Posted by: Donna at 7:05 PM on 5 February 2006

I've never been entirely, 100%, wouldn't-change-it-for-anything happy with my first name, but it'll do. My last name, however, has never appealed to me.

Posted by: david at 8:46 PM on 5 February 2006