[Bruce Wang]

Since it's never too early to speculate about the future especially during the news starved part of the year, let's kick off the Class of 2016 thread with a QB from my old neck of the woods: Messiah deWeaver (if Josh Rosen doesn't work out). The Messiah is camping with Stanford right now.  If I hear anything interesting from my peeps that are in touch with high school football in the Dayton area, I'll be sure to pass it along.  They were spot on with saying Braxton Miller was the real deal.  And incidentally they said Ifeadi Odenigbo who may or may not have chosen NW over Stanford was overrated.

https://twitter.com/Siah_10

[Bruce Wang]

Since it's never too early to speculate about the future especially during the news starved part of the year, let's kick off the Class of 2016 thread with a QB from my old neck of the woods: Messiah deWeaver (if Josh Rosen doesn't work out). The Messiah is camping with Stanford right now.  If I hear anything interesting from my peeps that are in touch with high school football in the Dayton area, I'll be sure to pass it along.  They were spot on with saying Braxton Miller was the real deal.  And incidentally they said Ifeadi Odenigbo who may or may not have chosen NW over Stanford was overrated.

https://twitter.com/Siah_10

[FarmBoy]

Is that his real name? You better be a good player with that name.

[FarmBoy]

Is that his real name? You better be a good player with that name.

[yvonne]

I question the validity of any Messiah who describes being at Stanford as #californiafootball.

[yvonne]

I question the validity of any Messiah who describes being at Stanford as #californiafootball.

[FarmBoy]

Well, if the Messiah's second coming brings on an age in which the lion sleeps with the lamb, can't we believe the bea.r is going to snuggle up under the tree? Of course, the tree can't help it if it happens to fall over and crush the bea.r. That's just nature.

[FarmBoy]

Well, if the Messiah's second coming brings on an age in which the lion sleeps with the lamb, can't we believe the bea.r is going to snuggle up under the tree? Of course, the tree can't help it if it happens to fall over and crush the bea.r. That's just nature.

[Bruce Wang]

Could we have a Chryst and a Messiah on the roster someday soon?

[Bruce Wang]

Could we have a Chryst and a Messiah on the roster someday soon?

[yvonne]

I'd be careful what I wished for. Another local team once had a "Jesus in Cleats."

[yvonne]

I'd be careful what I wished for. Another local team once had a "Jesus in Cleats."

[Bruce Wang]

Good thing/Too bad this judge does not preside over my hometown.

http://news.yahoo.com/tenn-judge-changes...23538.html

Seems to be a first amendment case to me.  Any thoughts Terry? Pete?

[Bruce Wang]

Good thing/Too bad this judge does not preside over my hometown.

http://news.yahoo.com/tenn-judge-changes...23538.html

Seems to be a first amendment case to me.  Any thoughts Terry? Pete?

[FarmBoy]

My brother lives in Denmark and apparently there's a government approved list of names you can choose from. Any deviation from that list need to be supported by showing you have personal/family/religious connection to the name. The stated intent is to protect children from parents hell-bent on make their kids lives difficult through embarrassing names (a boy named Sue?) but it effectively squashes any creativity in naming and maintains Danish tradition (Every third kid's name is Hans or Jens.)

Would Peekaboo Street be nearly as famous if her name was Betty Street?

[FarmBoy]

My brother lives in Denmark and apparently there's a government approved list of names you can choose from. Any deviation from that list need to be supported by showing you have personal/family/religious connection to the name. The stated intent is to protect children from parents hell-bent on make their kids lives difficult through embarrassing names (a boy named Sue?) but it effectively squashes any creativity in naming and maintains Danish tradition (Every third kid's name is Hans or Jens.)

Would Peekaboo Street be nearly as famous if her name was Betty Street?

[AthleticsDynasty]

QB Sonny Abramson

Stanford is mentioned in this ESPN article  http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/ncfrecru...st?id=7296

The 2016 signal-caller already has the attention of college coaches across the country, including those at Notre Dame, Penn State and Stanford. Rutgers offered the 6-foot-2, 205-pound quarterback in April ...

Highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMmdfBFI2Nw

[AthleticsDynasty]

QB Sonny Abramson

Stanford is mentioned in this ESPN article  http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/ncfrecru...st?id=7296

The 2016 signal-caller already has the attention of college coaches across the country, including those at Notre Dame, Penn State and Stanford. Rutgers offered the 6-foot-2, 205-pound quarterback in April ...

Highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMmdfBFI2Nw

[shinsengumi]

Back when I was covering Central America, Panama had (and almost certainly still has) a law requiring children's names to be drawn from an approved list.

Interesting article on countries that regulate baby names. Apparently, you can't be named Mona Lisa in Portugal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21229475

[shinsengumi]

Back when I was covering Central America, Panama had (and almost certainly still has) a law requiring children's names to be drawn from an approved list.

Interesting article on countries that regulate baby names. Apparently, you can't be named Mona Lisa in Portugal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21229475

[washingtonismoney]

... the what-were-they-thinking (Hitler)

I see your Hitler and raise you "Dr. Gay Hitler": http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/201...eries.html

[washingtonismoney]

... the what-were-they-thinking (Hitler)

I see your Hitler and raise you "Dr. Gay Hitler": http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/201...eries.html

[Nan3cy]

When my son was an anesthesia resident at Columbia Presbyterian in NYC, one of his patients was named "La-a." Pronounced, of course, "Ladasha."

Another favorite was QdeShawn. (The Q was silent.)

[Nan3cy]

When my son was an anesthesia resident at Columbia Presbyterian in NYC, one of his patients was named "La-a." Pronounced, of course, "Ladasha."

Another favorite was QdeShawn. (The Q was silent.)

[needle]

Regarding La-a, I have to admit, I would have never thought of that one.

Kinda cool in a dystopian-future-novel kind of way, but obviously a present-day nightmare for whoever has that name in real life.

[needle]

Regarding La-a, I have to admit, I would have never thought of that one.

Kinda cool in a dystopian-future-novel kind of way, but obviously a present-day nightmare for whoever has that name in real life.

[JohnR34231]

Weird names always remind me of Craphonso Thorpe, a local high school star who played for FSU a few years ago.

[JohnR34231]

Weird names always remind me of Craphonso Thorpe, a local high school star who played for FSU a few years ago.

[Bruce Wang]

A number of years ago, I read an article in the Journal about so many people having the same name in the Philippines because they draw from a limited set of Spanish surnames.  I can confirm this first hand from spending a significant time in the country.  So people would get wrongly arrested or get their credit rejected.  One guy's solution was to give his son the unusual name of Hitler Manilla.  A google search turned up a more recent article in the BBC that covers the same story.
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/fr...609892.stm

[Bruce Wang]

A number of years ago, I read an article in the Journal about so many people having the same name in the Philippines because they draw from a limited set of Spanish surnames.  I can confirm this first hand from spending a significant time in the country.  So people would get wrongly arrested or get their credit rejected.  One guy's solution was to give his son the unusual name of Hitler Manilla.  A google search turned up a more recent article in the BBC that covers the same story.
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/fr...609892.stm

[yvonne]

Is it time to reprise the East-West Bowl?

[yvonne]

Is it time to reprise the East-West Bowl?

[FarmBoy]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world...a/1939587/

[FarmBoy]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world...a/1939587/

[Hank 91]

It's not Hitler, but this byline also jars me.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/...index.html

That name has even more cacher than Seven. If she's named after Yogi Berra, my hat's off to her parents.

[Hank 91]

It's not Hitler, but this byline also jars me.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/...index.html

That name has even more cacher than Seven. If she's named after Yogi Berra, my hat's off to her parents.

[Hank 91]

Back on the topic (or, more precisely, back on the first diversion from the original topic), I think it's only a matter of time before we see a kid who's simply given a Twitter handle or a hash tag as a first name. And if we're being honest, I guess I'm looking forward to that day. Because really, would that be any more ridiculous than a parent with the surname West naming his child North?

[Hank 91]

Back on the topic (or, more precisely, back on the first diversion from the original topic), I think it's only a matter of time before we see a kid who's simply given a Twitter handle or a hash tag as a first name. And if we're being honest, I guess I'm looking forward to that day. Because really, would that be any more ridiculous than a parent with the surname West naming his child North?

[needle]

Dakota North is my favorite comic book name.

[needle]

Dakota North is my favorite comic book name.