Another Name To Add To The List

Ok, Steve, I’m going to horn in on your appropriate names for people in news stories action, because I can. The chair of a conference on making cities more pedestrian-friendly, called Walk21, is named Jim Walker. Well, at least it’s not as bad as the poorly-named souls who are wheeling around in wheelchairs named Walker. …

Felony Naming

The government of Venezuela isworking on legislationthat would ban parents from giving their children any names that would “expose them to ridicule, are extravagant or difficult to pronounce”. The move would mean that there would be no more Supermans or4realsrunning around. I’m not sure how to feel about this. On one hand I’m glad that …

Now We Know Why They Named It That

A 45-year-old man from New Westminster, British Columbia lost control of the van he was driving Friday night, crashing through a concrete median and going over an embankment before coming to rest at the edge of a cliff about 30 metres above get this,Wreck Beach. I know it’s not the name of a person like …