If Izzy can do it, so can I

Another political cartoon.


For the rest of Banned Books Week, you're on your own at New Adventures of Queen Victoria.

Bent Objects

I have no recollection of what took me to the Bent Objects blog. I'm glad I found it because it makes me laugh (or at least smile). I wish I had an imagination.

Perhaps you'll like it, too.

I don't get "Kaitlyn"

For years I've wondered where the name "Kaitlyn" (and all its many spelling variants) came from. Last year there was an article in the New York Times that tells us what the most popular babies' names of 2006 were. The article doesn't help me understand where trendy names come from but it pointed me to The Baby Name Wizard that lets us see how names have come and gone in the last 110 or so years. It's a fascinating tool that I keep going back to.

"Charles" has gone way down since I made my appearance (though it is still a popular name). "Xzavier" is picking up.

I still want to know where the fashionable names like "Brianna" come from.

Backwards "Dial" on wikiHow

Colleen suggested that I post my Fun while naked accomplishment on wikiHow. Well, I've posted it there. Since it's a wiki, you all are free to refine my instructions.

Don't you just love the Internet?