Tuesday, October 31, 2006

M.I.A.

Whenever I disappear from the blogosphere for a while, it is usually for one of two reasons. Either I am off somewhere, too busy to blog, and accumulating content that will take a while to process into a proper post. Or, I am dealing with an emotionally heavy topic that will take a while to process into a proper post. This absence has been due to both reasons. Expect posts of both sorts in the near future. In the meantime, here are two lighthearted distractions...

1. Jeremy and I were discussing today how much fun it would be to give children really twisted first names with really normal nicknames. For example: Annie (short for Anarchy), Stu (short for Stupid), or Abbie (short for Abyss). In honor of Hallowe'en, I'm having a contest in the comments. Can you think of any other really good, twisted names that shorten to normal nicknames? There will be a prize for the best one! (Disclaimer: Prize may not have any monetary value.)

2. Didn't get around to making a Jack-O-Lantern this year? Carve a pumpkin online! (Hat tip to Sarah for the link.)

P.S. Haven't had enough Hallowe'en? Check out Matazone's extremely disturbing Hallowe'en animation (warning: extremely disturbing and somewhat graphic) or TwilightTreader's Hallowe'en short story (warning: mature language and subject matter).

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Barb..barbarian
Pete....petroleum
Pat...patriarch
Judy...adjudicator
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Christina Miller said...

Phil...Necrophiliac

Anonymous said...

Hey! That's my name! :_(

How about:
Mort... Mortician
Gail... Galactorrhea
Dash... Haberdashery
Mike... Mycosis
Hal... Halitosis
Gary... Garroter
Bob... Bobierrite

Anonymous said...

Cody - Codeine
Diane - Die in a Fire
Vicky - Vicodin
Evan - Evangelist
Iggy - Ignatious (not Ignatius)
Ron - Rancor
Vic - Victim

These next two don't really fit into the competition but they would make very pretty italian-sounding names if nobody knew what they meant.

Girl - Genitalia
Boy - Fellatio

Christina Miller said...

Ginny...Genitalia
Di...Diarrhea
Phil...Syphilis
Ray...Gonnorhea
Manny...Trichomoniasis
Titus...Hepatitis
Mitt...Vomit

Anonymous said...

Matt... Lachrymator

Anonymous said...

Hal...halitosis
Val....valedictorian
Nick...nickelodeon
Vic..victorious