Living In the World, Not on It

GAME : Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following they have to be real places, names, things; nothing made up! What is your name: A islinge 4 letter word: Re a d Vehicle: A cura CLS Type S (that really is my car!) TV Shows: Uh-oh... Grey's A natomy , White Coll a r, C a stle City: A msterdam Boy Name: A idann Girl Name: A islinn Alcoholic Drink: I absolutely do not drink a lcohol Occupation: Hum a n Resources, Emergency Medic a l Technician, now unemploy a ble Something you wear: P a jamas Celebrities: A lan Alda Food: A pples Something found in a bathroom: A toilet Reason for Being late: A ss____ drivers Cartoon Character: A uguste Gusteau ( Ratatouille ) Something You Shout: A AAAAAAAAAAA! *Number Two: The FAB FOUR . 4 Jobs I’ve Had: Human Resources Manager EMT Artist Receptionist 4 Films I Could Watch Over and Over: The Fifth Element Apollo 13 Monsters, Inc. Shakespeare in Love 4 Favorite TV Shows: Castle CSI: Crime Scene ...

On Patrick's Place I found the following post: "A friend and former colleague of mine recently asked his Facebook friends if they thought it was right for a reporter or anchor to use a different name on air when the new name is designed to make them sound like they’re part of an ethnic group they’re not really part of or to appeal to viewers in that ethnic group. For example, anchor Jim Smith moves to a market with a large Hispanic population, and decides to change his name to Jim Sanchez. My friend, incidentally, uses his real name. I checked. But what about renaming yourself on-air to sound more ethnic than you are, or at least more ethnic than your name makes it sound like you are? Is there anything wrong with that? I’ll give my thoughts soon, but I wanted to get yours first." My response: "I'd have to say it is wrong to change one's name to appeal to a demographic. This only encourages the prejudice that colours Americans and other groups, in...

An interesting article: " Pink and Carey Hart welcomed a healthy baby girl to the world on Thursday. The musician decided not to go with a color-centric moniker to match her stage name, instead opting to dub her daughter Willow Sage Hart, a very nature-oriented name that seems to fit with Pink 's personality. After all, shortly before her birth she did tweet the following earthy message: "New Moon in Gemini today :) a good time to start something new.... Also called the Honey Moon." But of course the musician isn't the first celebrity to draw inspiration from nature when choosing a name for her child. Here's a look at a few other earthy baby names celebrities have come up with: Sage Many celebrities are fans of the herbal middle name Pink gave her daughter. Sylvester Stallone 's son Sage actually appeared with his dad in "Rocky V," but the name is more popular for female celebrity babies -- Toni Collette 's daughter Sage Flor...

THIS... is what scares me about people. This is what proves that people are - as a friend of mine said - sheep: 'WASHINGTON – Mom and Dad may be looking to popular vampire books and the first family for baby names: Cullen is on the rise for boys and Malia for girls. But Miley and Jonas are down, proving that acclaim can be fleeting. Isabella is now the top baby name for girls, Jacob for boys, the Social Security Administration said Friday. Isabella's climb to the top in 2009 ends Emma's one-year reign. Jacob is on an 11-year run at the top. "Anything can influence baby names, from pop culture to literature to music and celebrities," said Jennifer Moss , author of "The One-in-a-Million Baby Name Book " and founder of Babynames.com . Barack still didn't crack the top 1,000 for boys, but a version of the president's daughter's name, Malia, was the fastest riser for girls. Maliyah mo...

More People Magazine fodder: In Passages , they list: It's a boy for country star John Rich nad his wife, Joan , who welcomed their first child, Cash - yes, Cash Rich - in Nashville Jan. 10. Country singer Clay walker , and wife, Jessica , had their second child together, daughter Mary-Elizabeth , in Houston Dec. 27. The couple have son William Clayton , and Clay has two girls, MaClay DeLayne and Skylor ClayAnne from a previous marriage. (It's good to see the current wife put her foot down on the ruinous ego trip that Clay has with putting his name into all of his childrens' names.) So let's see what other nightmare names have been given to unwitting children in 2009... and past. Here's one: "On November 19, a couple welcomed their baby girl into the world. They then decided to name their baby after the unusual place of her birth -- her parents' car. Tony Richardson and Samantha Smyth had originally planned to name their child Tilly, but changed their ...

Wow, look what's back! "This week, I am reintroducing the Sunday Seven, which, for those of you who may be new to this blog, is a weekly meme with one question that has up to seven answers. Since this is Labor Day weekend, and since Labor Day weekend isn’t complete without the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon, here’s a question relating to that theme. Thanks, as always, for playing along. First to play last week: Pinaymama of Garden of Moments. Congratulations! (According to the rules, “First to Play” requires you to be the first to include the link to the specific entry in which you answered the questions, not just the general link to your blog.) Here is this week’s “Sunday Seven” question. Either answer in a comment here, or put the answers in an entry on your blog (with a link here), and then comment here with a link back to your blog so that everyone else can visit! Enjoy! THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: You’re putting together your own telethon to raise money for a worthy cause. Name...

The Atlantic Ocean's first tropical depression is moving far off the U.S. East Coast, and the June 1 official start of the hurricane season is upon us. The tropical depression, which formed May 28, isn't likely to form into a tropical storm, so it won't be given a name. Last year, the Atlantic saw 16 named tropical storms -- from Tropical Storm Arthur on May 30, which killed five and caused $78 million in damages on Belize, to Hurricane Paloma, which formed Nov. 5 and struck Cuba as a Category 4 monster that was the second-most intense hurricane ever recorded in November. All in all, there were eight Atlantic hurricanes and storms caused an estimated $41 billion in damages and left hundreds dead -- more than 800 in Haiti alone. The eastern Pacific saw 16 named storms, seven of them hurricanes, starting with Tropical Storm Alma on May 29 and ending Nov. 5 when Tropical Storm Polo petered out. The 2008 hurricane season produced several record-breaking storms , including Trop...

Barack, Miley move up; baby names Emma, Jacob rule WASHINGTON – Barack and Miley move up, but the classics still rule. Emma is the top baby name for girls, Jacob for boys. Emma's surge to the top in 2008 ended Emily's 12-year reign as the No. 1 baby name for girls, the Social Security Administration announced Friday. Jacob held onto the boy's crown for the 10th straight year. Barack may have been the man of the year in 2008 as Obama won the White House, but the president still trails the king. Barack moved up a record 10,126 places to No. 2,409. Elvis is still in the building, though he slipped from 673 to 713. In the midst of last year's election, Isha Kallay of suburban Washington wanted to name her newborn son after the future president. But she feared that Barack would become too popular, especially if he won. "That's why I named my baby Obama because I wanted my baby to have a special name that other people don't have," Kallay said from her home i...

1. YOUR REAL NAME Aislinge [Kirsten] Kellogg 2. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother and father's middle names) Elise Gilbert Guy 3. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad) Hienz James (Yikes...) 4. STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)KELAI 5. DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Burgundy Cat 6. SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, town where you were born) Kirsten Manhattan (what's worse is my middle name, which I no longer have, was for Kirsten Flagstaff, opera singer... GROAN...) 7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning) The Hunter Green Crystal Light (good gods...) 8. FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name) Aike 9. STREET NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie) Pistachio Butter 10. ROCK STAR NAME: (current pets name, current street name) Siobhan Crescent 11. PORN NAME: (1st pet, street you grew up on) Pussums Alp...

You won't believe me... it makes me think of Chef. He told me that these things are called Amusez la bouche - it translates into "amuse the mouth" and I see the apprentices do it all the time. This is not the best image, but it looks just like any of the little one or two-bite teasers that our kitchen produces for fine dining events. They are really amazing, and I do take images when I can. I'll have to fish around for a better one. This one was on the meme here. I know I drive the Chef a little nuts... but I love learning, and this is how to do it - by asking. I have to say that when I get him at the right time (as in not during the dinner rush - he seems to enjoy teaching as much as I enjoy learning. I'll never be a cook, but maybe that makes it all the more enjoyable for him - I'm learning just for the sheer joy of it and not for some culinary gain. That has to be appealing. Shockingly, I can pronounce a lot of the below listed terms: Kitchen brigade Chef ...

What's Sexy About Your Name You are sexy because you are always up for a fun fling. You're sexually open and assertive. You know what you want, and you're going to get it. You are a very physically attractive person. You take care of your body. You are attracted to other gorgeous people - and you don't care if that's shallow. You don't have many sexual hang ups or issues. You simply enjoy sex. You are adventurous and open to new experiences. You experiment freely. Staggering... I love that someone created a program that gets that simply from me typing in my first name! It's a little off - I am not a physically attractive person. My attractiveness is more based on my personality and general demeanor. I think I am attracted to gorgeous people, but that is unbelievably subjective... and shallow is how most attraction begins. Once the person proves him- or herself to be more or less compatible, then things change.

It's catch up time... 1. Take the quiz: What Is Your Name’s Hidden Meaning? Yowza! All I did was type in my wacky name in and LOOK at all the stuff! What Aislinge Means You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing. You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long. You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start. You are the total package - suave, sexy , smart, and strong. You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know. You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do. You are relaxed,...

Your name says that you are mostly: Ambitious but stubborn Your name also says you are: Artistic but extreme Charismatic but impulsive Thoughtful but slow All that from typing in Aislínge Kellogg...

Tom SheepandGoats commented: "Alright, let me weigh in here. Ima Hogg, Texas philanthropist. Here was a person with a self-deprecating name who actually amounted to something. Is there a moral here? The more modest the name, the greater the person? (contrary to urban legend, there was no Ura Hogg….google the name). Or what about a boy named Sue? His fists got hard, his wits got keen. It was that name that helped to make him strong. Let Nosmo King (as first and middle names) alone…. it comes from the hospital sign…. maybe the last thing a woman in labor remembered seeing before she went under….. “No Smoking.” Same with Oranjello and Lemojello, from the hospital menu. As for me, I’ll stick with good ol fashioned Bible names, like Shearjashub or Mahershalalhashbaz, the name’s of Isaiah’s kids." OK, I get it. And I am well-read - I have read about Ima Hogg: "After the birth of his only daughter, Jim Hogg wrote to his brother, "Our cup of joy is now overflowing! We ha...

Ah, my favourite! Check this out... "Apparently, some celebrities just don't get enough attention, so they name their kids something really dumb to stand out. Here are some of the weirdest. #20. Kal-El Child Of: Nicolas Cage Fun Fact No. 1: Nic Cage likes comics. Fun Fact No. 2: Nic changed his last name from Coppola to Cage in honor of Marvel character Luke Cage. Fun Fact No. 3: He named his kid Kal-El after Superman. Fun Fact No. 4: Why didn't he name his kid Luke? #19. Pilot Inspektor Child Of: Jason Lee Jason Lee is a pretty funny dude. Maybe, you've seen a Kevin Smith movie or the first season of My Name Is Earl. Maybe, sometimes he should stop trying to be so funny, like when he named his kid "Pilot." Why "Pilot?" Because he heard a song by the band Grandaddy (called "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot"). If the man had just waited for eight more tracks on the same album he could have named him E. Knievel Interlude ...

Not that long ago, I came across an article about a court in Italy that ruled against parents who wanted to name their child "Friday". The court, in a strange display of religious fervence, rules that Friday was unlawful to name a child because in the Catholic religion, it is a day of bad luck, among other things. I felt that this was a little Nazi-ish on the side of the government and if you are adamant about strange names, this is not the party to go after. There are far worse names given to kids than this - and often by famous people. Clearly they get to psychologically damage their kids while the common person doesn't have that option. This was posted on 12/18/2007 entitled "The Italian Government Has Gone Too Far". This is a whole different animal... check this out: "WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it. Just ask Talula Does The Hul...

This is a unique article... " For Pete's Sake: a Name Means Something When it Comes to Crime Cheryl Chan, Canwest News Service Published: Sunday, June 08, 2008 VANCOUVER - What's in a name? Possibly a life of crime. An unpopular name - like Alec, Ernest, Ivan, or Malcolm - is more likely to spell trouble than favourites Michael, Matthew or Christopher, according to research presented Saturday at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of B.C. "There is a positive correlation between unpopular first names and juvenile delinquency,'' said Daniel Lee, an economics professor at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. His study, the first to examine the link between names and crime, compiled the first names of all males born between 1987 and 1991 in a large unnamed American state, and calculated a Popularity Name Index, or PNI, for each of the 15,021 unique names. Michael, the most popular name, had a PNI of 100 while David, a name giv...

MANILA, Philippines -- Some locals have called the constellation Orion’s three prominent “belt” stars many names: Tres Marias (Three Mary’s), Tatlong Haring Mago (Three Kings) or Tatlong Itlog (Three Eggs). Would you have any folklore about the sun, moon, stars, or constellations? The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is exhorting the public, astronomers or not, to help it compile local legends about celestial bodies for educational purposes. Dr. Cynthia Celebre, chief of PAGASA’s astronomy research and development section, said the compilation would be submitted to the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2009. 2009 has been declared the International Year of Astronomy to mark the 400th year of the first astronomical observation through a telescope by Galileo. “I’d hope they’d contribute to our project. It will be an honor for us to show to the world how stars or celestial bodies shaped our culture or beliefs,” Celebre said. Asian countri...

Look at this article. Once again, religion stomps all over personal freedom. 'What to Name a Child? In Italy, a Court can Decide ROME (Reuters) - An Italian court has ruled that a couple could not name their son "Friday" and ordered that he instead be called Gregory after the saint whose feast day he was born on. "I think it is ridiculous they even opened a case about it," the family's lawyer, Paola Rossi, told Reuters by telephone from the northern city of Genoa on Tuesday. Friday/Gregory Germano was born in Genoa 15 months ago. The parents registered him as Friday in the city hall and a priest even baptised him as Friday -- unusual in Italy since many priests insist that first names be of Christian origin. "We named him Friday because we like the sound of the name. Even if it would have been a girl, we would have named her Friday," the boy's mother, Mara Germano, told Reuters. When the boy was about five months old, a city hall clerk brough...

An e-mail blast from the past came to my Inbox, so I Googled myself to see what I showed up as under that system. Amazingly, on the second option, there I was - under Weather.com! So here it is: May 25, 2006 "HERE IT COMES! Dr. Steve Lyons , Tropical Weather Expert Here comes hurricane season 2006. So what should we expect for the Atlantic basin? Or more likely your question may be, "what do we expect for the U.S.," or maybe, "will my town/city get hit by a hurricane this year?" Well those are popular questions these days, but unfortunately none are easy to answer! Let me start with the first and easiest question, namely overall Atlantic basin activity. Some seasonal forecasters have been doing this for many years and the "father" of seasonal tropical cyclone forecasting is Dr. Bill Gray. The Weather Channel usually reports on his forecasts as he updates them into the peak of Atlantic hurricane season. His skill in forecasting above or below activity ...