Yes, it is random stuff just free-flowing from my brain today. Yea! No having to coordinate my thoughts in to a coherent pattern!
First off, yes indeed, I am still reading the obits. There were a few really great names in yesterday's edition.
1. Aleta Beal, better known as Wynona. *Really? Why is that better?
2. You know how it irritates the beejeebers out of me that people feel the need to put everyone's nicknames in "quotes" in the middle of their name. John "Jackie" Smith, for example. There was a lot of nickname-listing yesterday!
Wilroy = Sonny
W.S. = Dusty
Enos = Brutzie
Edward = Bubby
Carl = Happy
John = Johnny
Debra = Debbie (seriously? like we wouldn't figure these out?)
Elizabeth = Irene
H.F. = Hoagy
James = Davey
Luther = Luke
Glynna = Bebe
Denise = Necie
3. There were some fabulous old-school names that have fallen out of favor and been replaced with the Tiffanys and Britneys and such. Here are some examples of great old names you don't see anymore (except in the obits).
Irene
Chester
Marjorie
Lena
Oscar
Matilda
Ida
Earl
Myron
Rudolpho
Mildred
Hermit
Nettie
Thelma
Casper
Hugo
Vester
Effie Coreene
Now, on to the gossip portion of this post. There is a businessman here who does the cheesiest ads on t.v. you would ever hope to see. Here is a link to a youtube of one of his ads. Go watch. It's only 20 seconds. Cheesy, right? He has those $39.95 optical places all over town. His kids have a chain of tattoo and piercing parlors and he does the ads for both. Usually at the same time.
Then Sunday we woke up to this little story in the news. Go, check it out. I'll wait right here.
Did you read it? Did you watch the video portion of it? Holy Moly!!
He doesn't live too far away so we drive by every once in a while to see what other changes he has made to his house. Apparently he wants his house to look like he was in Scarface. There is shiny silver eagles and globes and pillars out front and fake deer and custom painted Hummers and speed boats and such. It is one of those things that you drive by with your mouth wide open and just stare. There are no words.
So in addition to a 1980's drug king-pin style home exterior he appears to have adopted a similar take on how to get out of his marriage. Oh. My. And that's all I am going to say about that.
My son has got us all hooked on another flipping HBO series. It's called Eastbound and Down. And oh my sweet Lord, this is just shocking and unbelievable! Mullets, beer bellies, baseball has-beens, Will Ferrell, and the best music on each episode. You know how Adam Sandler has stupid movies but they usually have good music going? This is worse and with better music. You watch one episode and you will be hooked. Hilarious. It's like Anchorman for baseball.
That's all the news that's fit to print from here. Lemme hear from you!
My paternal grandmother's name was Nettie. That is how it was listed in her obit. Her name really was Jeanette, so much better as a name. Her daughter's name was Jean, but in actuality was Eugenia. The 1930 census has her listed as a boy, Gene. Really, who can you trust?
ReplyDeleteO.M.G. That guy looks like a cross between Kid Rock and Ice-T. What a moron!
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather's name was Massillon Aloysius. A real gem. I love the old fashioned names and I hear they're on the comeback. My 3 year old niece's name is Lena.
ReplyDeleteAnd that dude is an imbecilic poser! It just goes to show, it takes all kinds.