A mother writes: "After a long gruesome day at work and to arrive home to this note from my 8-year-old daughter Gloria, was pretty amusing."
Parents dig deep in originality stakes
Named and Shamed. Vanellope, Rydder, Jceion, and Burklee head the latest annual list of the most common baby names on
the Social Security Administration register of first-time-appearing names.
There were 63 Vanellopes (girls), but only 10 each for Rydder and Jceion, the most popular debut names for boys. Other notables were Hatch (8 times) and Psalms (7).
In other "name" news, the four finalists in April's "Name of the Year" contest sponsored by Deadspin.com were the actual monikers Curvaceous Bass, (Dr) Eve Gruntfest, Chillie Poon, and the winner - Shamus Beaglehole. (Via News of the Weird)
Andrea writes: "My excitement when ordering Maleficent True Love's Kiss MAC lipstick was stratospheric when I realised, for that price, [Maleficent star] Angelina Jolie must be delivering it in person."
Habits that are hard to break
Best tweet of the day: "Seven Other Habits Of Highly Effective People: Nagging, Scapegoating, Narcissism, Weaponry, Inherited wealth, Total lack of scruples, Cocaine." @TheTweetOfGod.
