A while back, I had a dream wherein I was in New York City and some catastrophic natural disaster occurred which caused a lot of buildings and other infrastructure to collapse.  When I extracted myself from the rubble of the building I'd been in, I got a call from NPR.  Since I was a member of their volunteer news organization, and since they had ( Read more... )

I like the names in the Weatherford family.  They're very American.

There is Jimmy, Billy, and Sherry.

And their children are Jamie, Terry, Jason, Michael, Steven, and Ricky.

We're big on two syllable names, working class Americans.  Or were.  Modern times appear to dictate more extravagant naming.