@cinematheques: Why wouldn't he want a name that he can pronounce? That doesn't sound dickish to me. What does, however, is that his wife just had a baby and they haven't had "more than just two-three hours" together since then.
@bluebears: Yeah, seriously. A traditional name? Whose fucking tradition? And where is he? It seems really weird that a father would be anywhere but with his wife and newborn child at this point.
@apricotta: Yeah, and we have no clue what he means by "traditional." He might just be turned off by the celebrity baby name craze and want something, you know, normal.
God forbid he want a common name that he can pronounce! The injustice!
@msridiculous447: well his girlfriend is Argentinian so...pretty sure he was referring to that. I mean "Apple" is a ridiculous name but not exactly hard to pronounce.
@cinematheques: There are some Portuguese names, like Daniel, that could work in both languages, and others, like João, that just don't, so I could see wanting a name that could be made to work in either.
@cinematheques: Guys, guys, guys: to be fair to poor ol' Tom, at the other end of the link he specifies that he would be fine with the baby getting a Brazilian name, so long as he can pronounce it.
Anything's gotta be better than, what, Baby It? Precious Darling Boy-Child? Male Offspring?
@Jenna: And according to her family, their previous choice was Gabriel, which works in either language. I think by "traditional" he means he doesn't want his kid named Watermelon or Yonkers or whatever the trend is these days.
@fulanita: Right, plus not all Brazilian names are traditional. There are the weird hybrid names (Wilker, Gilmer) or the "American names" (Washington, Lincoln, Wellington), or the famous Greek names (Aristotle, Sophocles) that are popular(ish) in Brazil and I can totally see being opposed to.
@dialing_footnoterphone: @lizbang: Yes, it must be the eyebrows. Maybe she used to wear them with less of an arch and a little lighter in color? Off to look at old Madonna photos...
@slowpoke.r: There is more than a slight resemblance. (full disclosure: I flopped the picture of Kate Winslet l-to-r so her bangs fell the same way as the pic of Madonna)
I just finished "The Sisters - Saga of the Mitford Family", so now I'm all "Oo ooo a Guinness/Mitford relation, OMG she looks just like them! Squeee!"
Such a dork. But Daphne is a beauty!
That story about 'Goods of Conscious' is very cool - now I want some. Can I afford them? *looks* Nope! But I suppose 'featured in Vogue' was a hint on that one. Still, is splendid.
@RubyPenelope: My favorite Filene's in White Plains closed last year when a (really, really beyond crappy) Nordstrom's Rack opened in the same building. I've been pissed ever since.
@hfree: I don't think my husband had bought a single article of clothing since the original Filene's Basement (in Downtown Crossing, Boston) closed - like two years ago.
I am still in mourning for the absolutely brutal automatic markdowns, and the hand-lettered signs on every table (which I understand were done in massive black marker by a art school grad; she had a little table in the Basement where she made signs, all day).
Seriously it was an iconic palace of discount retail - a massive underground shithole wherein gems could be mined by the patient and persistent. $40 Narcisco Rodriguez skirt! $35 Frye lace-ups! Cole Haan handbags in every color under the rainbow!
The greater Boston area, and the world, is poorer for its loss.
If there's one thing I've learned from knowing three people who went on to kill themselves, it's that sometimes you just have no idea at all what's about to happen. Daul, from the little I knew of her via her blog, was a gifted young woman who'd have been awesome to know even if she wasn't a model.
In some ways, this hits me harder than Ruslana Korshunova's death last year precisely because Daul was a (fellow) blogger- in a way, it feels like we've lost one of our own.
And out of that sentiment, I do wish she'd be allowed some privacy in death- like maybe not having false facts and speculation about her relationship all over the media now. I don't know who it's supposed to help.
So sad to hear of Charis Wilson's passing. Ovation TV is airing "The Eloquent Nude" this week, which features Charis at 90, wonderfully frank and candid about her relationship with Edward. I highly recommend it. [ovationtv.com]
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Re: Elin and Puma. Is she an athlete or something. Why would she get an endorsement?
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"You have the baby, but I don't want any of that heritage."
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God forbid he want a common name that he can pronounce! The injustice!
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I don't know, I just assumed he meant that he wanted a normal, non-celebrity name, and threw in "pronounceable" as a joke.
As in, "I don't care what we name the baby, so long as it isn't "Moses" or "Apple" and I can pronounce it."
I have no idea why I'm defending him...lol. As a lifelong Buffalo fan, he's a sworn enemy of my people.
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Anything's gotta be better than, what, Baby It? Precious Darling Boy-Child? Male Offspring?
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Or did they always look sort of alike and I never noticed before?
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Such a dork. But Daphne is a beauty!
That story about 'Goods of Conscious' is very cool - now I want some. Can I afford them? *looks* Nope! But I suppose 'featured in Vogue' was a hint on that one. Still, is splendid.
Edit: Conscience, Conscience.
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They did breed 'em conservative, didn't they?
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I am still in mourning for the absolutely brutal automatic markdowns, and the hand-lettered signs on every table (which I understand were done in massive black marker by a art school grad; she had a little table in the Basement where she made signs, all day).
Seriously it was an iconic palace of discount retail - a massive underground shithole wherein gems could be mined by the patient and persistent. $40 Narcisco Rodriguez skirt! $35 Frye lace-ups! Cole Haan handbags in every color under the rainbow!
The greater Boston area, and the world, is poorer for its loss.
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In some ways, this hits me harder than Ruslana Korshunova's death last year precisely because Daul was a (fellow) blogger- in a way, it feels like we've lost one of our own.
And out of that sentiment, I do wish she'd be allowed some privacy in death- like maybe not having false facts and speculation about her relationship all over the media now. I don't know who it's supposed to help.
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i can only rarely find my size anywhere but online.
coincidence? i think not.
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[ovationtv.com]
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