It's been a busy couple of months for me, so I've been on something of a sabbatical from blog writing.
As most of my readers are aware, my partner and I are expecting the imminent arrival of a baby daughter.
Many people are still curious as to the name we've picked. My nephews (who are always entertaining), when prompted to make a guess answered with: "Is it 'Star Wars'?"
Certainly the most unique guess we've had so far... they certainly know me well! Considering female character names from the series, 'Mon Mothma' would certainly make for a unique name (I know Leia is pretty run of the mill at this point)... although not necessarily one that I would punish my own child with. One of my friends recently made a slip when we were discussing that point and called the character 'Mon Mothra', which while being very amusing would not make for a very child friendly name.
I think it would make for an interesting (I hesitate to call it 'good') series cross-over movie however: "The Empire vs. Mothra". I greatly fear the concept may very well be better than any of the future Star Wars films that are due to be released.
Back to the subject of kids, another anecdote from my nephews recently had me in stitches:
We were discussing the trials and tribulations of Rob Ford at the breakfast table one morning and the youngest decided to join the conversation. I think given some of the adjectives we were using to describe the corpulent mayor of Toronto gave him the mistaken impression that we were in fact discussing character traits of some of the characters from my nephews "Mr. Men" books. He proceeded to interject: "He's greedy, and stinky and not very smart and he's a silly, silly man."
Given everything I've read to date about the mayor, it's probably the most apt description I've heard.
It's a great pity that Chris Farley is no longer with us... I'm sure it's not an original thought, but I think he would have made the perfect lead for a movie about the mayor.
As most of my readers are aware, my partner and I are expecting the imminent arrival of a baby daughter.
Many people are still curious as to the name we've picked. My nephews (who are always entertaining), when prompted to make a guess answered with: "Is it 'Star Wars'?"
Certainly the most unique guess we've had so far... they certainly know me well! Considering female character names from the series, 'Mon Mothma' would certainly make for a unique name (I know Leia is pretty run of the mill at this point)... although not necessarily one that I would punish my own child with. One of my friends recently made a slip when we were discussing that point and called the character 'Mon Mothra', which while being very amusing would not make for a very child friendly name.
I think it would make for an interesting (I hesitate to call it 'good') series cross-over movie however: "The Empire vs. Mothra". I greatly fear the concept may very well be better than any of the future Star Wars films that are due to be released.
Back to the subject of kids, another anecdote from my nephews recently had me in stitches:
We were discussing the trials and tribulations of Rob Ford at the breakfast table one morning and the youngest decided to join the conversation. I think given some of the adjectives we were using to describe the corpulent mayor of Toronto gave him the mistaken impression that we were in fact discussing character traits of some of the characters from my nephews "Mr. Men" books. He proceeded to interject: "He's greedy, and stinky and not very smart and he's a silly, silly man."
Given everything I've read to date about the mayor, it's probably the most apt description I've heard.
It's a great pity that Chris Farley is no longer with us... I'm sure it's not an original thought, but I think he would have made the perfect lead for a movie about the mayor.
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