Monday, September 18, 2006

Two things

Did you know the name Algernon means "man with a mustache or beard?" I saw that in a Baby Name book this weekend and went, "Aha!" Now you know it was significant in The Importance of Being Earnest (the movie) that Algy shaved his mustache when he adopted the identity of Ernest. He was erasing that which made him "Algernon" to become someone else. Such insight into the entertainment world!

I forgot one of the best parts about Laura's granddaughter being born. Several times on Friday Laura told how, when the baby came out with the umbilical cord around her neck, Laura said, "Oh, look! Baby Katrina's going bungee jumping!" Isn't that AWFUL??? But Laura is just that type of person. She drives a truck and smokes and her husband has lots of guns, and she says blunt things that no one else would say. Though I'm not really sure if she actually SAID this in the delivery room, or if she just thought it. At one point she even made it sound like the DOCTOR said it! Oh my.

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At 9/18/2006 9:43 PM, Blogger love my baggs said...

one of my favorite plays:)
two guesses as to who this is, hehe

 
At 9/18/2006 11:09 PM, Blogger Aaron S. said...

What a very clever thing to say! Where does she get this amazing wit, I'd like to know? ;)

Cool insight into TIOBE (one of my favorites, too, by the way). I love learning things like that - the point behind what might otherwise seem completely random.

 

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