Thursday, June 17, 2010

unusual names

I used to think it was such a disadvantage growing up with an unusual name: Apple Martin, Moon Unit Zappa, Rumer Willis, Scout Willis, et al. Crazy celebrity parents! And I suppose even non-celebrity parents have given their kids the most creative of names too. But in modern times, with the world getting ever 'smaller' from the Internet and its ubiquitous searches, having a unique name can be an advantage. Even on Facebook, it seems that typing in virtually any name will come up with over 500 results, which makes it more difficult to find someone in particular. I've tried locating old classmates and have been unable to pinpoint them. It's a big, big world with lots of people and having a few-if-any kind of a name can actually be an advantage.

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