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10:57 pm
3/3/06

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My mother once lamented my family culture doesn't include nifty names for things. Where other people might call their car "pyewacket" or "Dragon Wagon," my family tends to call our cars "the blue car" or "the Honda" or "the truck." I don't have sweet nicknames for my husband, and the ones he has for me he also uses for the dogs. (Except "fuzzybutt." He won't do that twice!)

So you'd think I wouldn't be so surprised when people choose practical names for things.

Earlier today I invited a friend to breakfast with me, and he said that he couldn't because it's the season for the Baha'i fast. I thought to myself, "I wonder what this season is called?" I googled it.

It's called "The Fast."

Gets right to the point, that does. Admirably so!

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On March 4th, 2006 05:20 am (UTC), [info]dragonherder1 commented:
I'm lucky I'm not named First Boy....
Or so Tara says.

My mother is good at using a nomenclature that is immediately identifiable to anyone taking a cursory glance at an item or creature. Such as Big Dog for our big dog and so on.

First boy,
aka
David

Signing off.

Talk to ya later, Storyteller.

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On March 7th, 2006 01:02 pm (UTC), [info]incandragon replied:
Re: I'm lucky I'm not named First Boy....
I *love* the idea you were lucky not to be "First Boy." But people like your mom and me are all through history. You can see it in places like Long Island.

:-)
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On March 4th, 2006 02:36 pm (UTC), [info]texanfan commented:
Hmm. I wonder if this corresponds to the season of Lent which began this Wednesday.
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On March 4th, 2006 09:59 pm (UTC), [info]stinabat commented:
dane refuses to let me name his new car because it really annoyed him that i named the first one "binky" after death's horse. he says it isn't dignified to drive a car named binky. i have no idea what he's talking about.

*grin* mwhahahaha. er... *innocent look*.

(i call it binky2 behind his back.)

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On April 4th, 2006 03:20 am (UTC), (Anonymous) commented:
COLT
Hi eveyone, I am Colt's sister!! I was not actually there the night at the Marvin Hamlishc thing but I am always facinated with Colt's ability to create masterpeices on the piano!!! Congadulations!!!!
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On April 4th, 2006 03:32 am (UTC), [info]incandragon replied:
Re: COLT
Hello, Colt's sister! I'm glad to see you found my LJ, but if you want anyone beside me to see this, you need to reply to Colt's comment over at http://incandragon.livejournal.com/45215.html.

I was wondering, did he tell you about how he talked about you at the Paramount? The "Girls are complicated" song?
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