Hurricane Andrew, Katrina, Harvey – why are storms given human names? As a personal name enthusiast I’ve always wondered this myself, so I did a little research over at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Center. Before hurricanes had names, they were identified by their original latitude-longitude which could get very cumbersome, especially when th
Perhaps I've helped you name your child in the past, but did you know that I can help you name pretty much anything else too? Introducing my new "Name Anything!" Service.
“I named my latest pink, quilted velvet design for @adairs ‘Ophelia’. After Billie, if we ever had another daughter, that’s what I wanted to call her,”
Day 2 of the October Name Challenge spotlights National Name Your Car Day! I don't have a car yet, but it's gotten me thinking. I name my musical instruments, so not an automobile? Some people give their cars human names; a classmate called her car Lucius in high school! For my own vehicle, Percival, Phaedra,…
When I got a car this year, one of the first things I asked its previous owner was whether it had a name. Nope. So now it's Terry: middle-aged and (hopefully!) reliable.
For anyone interested (ie just me), my bike is Mike, and I'm currently looking after another one that I've named Jeff.
A recent article in the New York Times asks an important question: “Could assigning names to heat waves, the way officials do for hurricanes and tropical storms, help protect people from the warming climate?”
Hurricanes have human names, and so I write about them. But now Hurricane Laura—Hurricane Me—is on its way to the Gulf Coast, and it feels weirder than I ever imagined.
Good FRIDAY morning!! TGIF!! I received an email from a reader asking, "Have you ever considered writing posts about other times we want to use a name that is dear to our Catholic faith ... like naming a home, property, farm, homeschool, boat, etc." Such a fun question! I actually have had the privilege of…
Leroy has us on the move at last. Some of you may remember that our car came to an untimely end last month. That prompted a lot of research for a new vehicle — price, mileage, and all the other cru…
If the storm is large enough and enough people are within the storm warning range, it gets a name. But a UConn researcher found the name does not add credibility.
Last Sunday, after venturing onto the waters at the Port Valdez in a 24-foot Grayling riverboat with two friends, we took a walk on the docks after tending to the day's catch of silvers. This was to admire the assembled fleet and look at the names.
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