Definitely not with respect to my current married name; I can't imagine that anyone else but my two children and I have that hyphenated surname. Under my previous married name and first name nickname, yes. And it was weird. Only someone in her 80s would have my full first name, so although there are many Lorraines, there are few in my age bracket; ( Read more... )

Hmm. That's a hard one to narrow down! The ones that spring immediately to mind today would be Richard Jury (Martha Grimes' series), Bobby Gorin (Major Case detective on L&O:CI), Hamish Macbeth (M.C. Beaton), and John LaMoia (Ridley Pearson's Lou Boldt series sidekick).

One thing they all have in common is that they operate in a kind of parallel ( Read more... )