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A gentle reminder that you sho…
A gentle reminder that you should listen to Babble Talk Radio this week. http://su.pr/1UMOD7
RT @lucas_gonze: Best demo pol…
RT @lucas_gonze: Best demo policy ever, from 8bitpeoples: http://tinyurl.com/ld2b2o <– this is great. look at it.
Walter is a “feminine” nam…
Walter is a “feminine” name? How about Walter Payton? Schmucks. http://is.gd/1BvFK #nfl #daddytips
Famous Folks With Bad Boy Names
According to a report by “Shippensburg University professor David Kalist”, certain names for boys can lead to a rough life for the lad. (The name of the school sounds pretty suspect to me, frankly.) Names that are “unpopular, uncommon or feminine.”
Well.
Here’s a selected list of the offending male monikers. Let’s see if there are any famous people with these names, shall we?
Alec: Baldwin. A little kooky but a great actor. And Guinness. Not so kooky (as far as I know) and a great actor. Neither one seems like a nancy boy. And Baldwin is damn funny on 30 Rock:
Ivan: um, The Terrible? Hello?
Kareem: Abdul Jabar. ‘Nuff said.
Luke: Fictional characters include Skywalker, and Luke Spencer, of Luke and Laura fame. Neither one is terribly studly. So this one, maybe.
Malcolm: X. Malcolm freakin’ X.
Walter: Payton. Football player. Many people feel he was the greatest running back of all time. (I’d go with Jim Brown myself, but Payton isn’t exactly Reggie Bush or some other marginal player.) Here’s a video:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBk9YaTBo10]
Walter Payton died in 1999, but his coach, Mike Ditka, is still around. You tell him Walter is a “feminine” name. I dare you.
Source: Babble
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In honor of Sesame Street’s …
In honor of Sesame Street’s 40th Anniversary, NationalPost.com has a nifty interactive graphic. http://su.pr/2CcNju
Did Senator Coburn do a Ricky …
Did Senator Coburn do a Ricky Ricardo with Sotomayor? Maybe. Or maybe not. “Some splainin’ to do…” http://is.gd/1B5hr
“By now, man should have figur…
“By now, man should have figured out how to control the weather.” – Howard Stern, just now. #sternshow
