Saturday, January 16, 2010

what's in a name

baby center is addictive

my name is #162 on babycenter The start of recording in 1880 in the US population showed it ranked about 25th. It rose to 5th in 1930 and stayed there until 1947. It is now 107th.

child K is #1117 on babycenter The start of recording in 1880 in the US population showed it ranked about 875th. It went down below 1000th in 1916-1923 and back to 159th in yoc and 180th in yob. It is now 975th in last year recorded.

child T is #681 on babycenter The start of recording in 1880 in the US population showed it ranked about 218th. Rank stayed 171-259 range until 1942 when it jumped 40 places. It peaked at 18th in 1961-63. It was 61th in yoc and 66th in yob. It is now 580th.

g-child R is #46 !!! on babycenter The start of recording in 1990 in the US population showed it ranked about 826th. It has risen ever since. It was 184th in yoc and 166th in yob. It is now 39th.
g-child E is #18 !!!!!! on babycenter The start of recording in 1880 showed it very popular in the US population when it was the 4th most popular. It has fallen to a rank of 26th in 1946. It was 10th in yoc and yob and around there in last 30 yrs. Since then it has risen to 9th.

her nickname L is #408 on babycenter Since the start of recording in 1880 it has been as high as 600th in 1934 and as low as below 1000th n 1977-2001. It is now 877th.

g-child C is #15 !!!!!! on babycenter The start of recording in 1880 in the US population showed it ranked about 367th. It fell to a low of 947th in 1925. It went up to 699 in 1936 and down to 951 in 1943. It was unpoplar until 1984, when in 7 yrs time it rose 670 places to 178th. It is now 10th.

g-child A is #7 !!!!!! on babycenter The start of recording in 1880 in the US population showed it ranked 490th. It fell below 1000th in 1907 and stayed below 950th. Starting in 1943 it has risen steadily, topping out at 4th in 2005. It is now 8th.

her nickname A is #57 on babycenter The start of recording in 1880 in the US population showed it ranked about 738th. It fell below 1000th in 1894 and stayed below 925th. Starting in 19563 it has roseto 586th in 1962, fell to 888th in 1968. It then rose to 2o0th in 1983. It is now 259th.

g-child H is #23 !!!!!! on babycenter The start of recording in 1982 in the US population showed it ranked 893th. It has risen steadily, topping out at 23th in 2007. It is now 25th.

ex-wife S is #18757 on babycenter The start of recording in 1941 in the US population showed it ranked 819th. It peaked at 242th in 1945-7. Since 1954, it has been below 900th.

brother T is #49 on babycenter The start of recording in 1880 in the US population showed it ranked 8th. It went down to 12th and back to 8th in 1940 and stayed there until 1955. It is now 52th.

his daughter S is #12!!!!!! on babycenter The start of recording in 1880 in the US population showed it ranked 10th. It went down to 119th in 1959. It rose to 4th in 1981. It is now 20th.

his daughter A is #124 on babycenter The start of recording in 1880 in the US population showed it ranked 951th. It rose slowly and erratically to 554th in 1935, then sharply to 128th in 1944. It rose to 23th in 1978. It is now 71th.

brother D is #19 on babycenter The start of recording in 1880 in the US population showed it ranked 25th. It went down to 55th in 1914-6. It has risen ever since. It was 21th in yob. It is now 5th.

his wife S is #959 on babycenter The start of recording in 1925 in the US population showed it ranked 793th. It rose to 23th in 1939. It stayed above 20th until 1964, peaking at 8th 1943-5 and declined thereafter. It is now 641th.

his son A is #9!!!!!! on babycenter The start of recording in 1880 in the US population showed it ranked 24th. It went down to 85th in 1935-46. It rose to 5th in 1988. It is now 12th.

his son M is #3!!!!!!!!! on babycenter The start of recording in 1880 in the US population showed it ranked 117th. It went down to 209th in 1931-47. It rose to 3th in 1981. It is now 10th.

my favorite editorial cartoonist

Krampus looks a lot like a defensive lineman

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/america-and-the-world/091222/holiday-traditions-christmas-stories

it is my sad duty to inform my grandchildren

reindeer-christmas-deaths

[sic]

Of the survivors, one is married with three children and the other is paralyzed. - mdjonline.com

And the message is?

btw this is the shooting just down the street from where I work. We could see the news helicopter from NBC hovering over the site from the front window of our office.

Which was tricky because it was very near the flight path of the east end of the runway at McCollum airport in Kennesaw. Or is it Cobb airport?

Friday, January 15, 2010

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

1987 was a very interesting year

guess who!

think up a caption for this picture

tweeter has a fondness for this picture, but then it isn't her child!