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By: MonsterFool » Blog Archive » Speed Reading

MonsterFool » Blog Archive » Speed Reading — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:37:53 +0000

[...] We’re reading Rainforest Colors by Susan Canizares and Betsey Chessen. This is the book our pediatrician gave Sam at her 12-month checkup. . [...]

By: amanda

amanda — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:04:20 +0000

I hear you on this one! When I was pg with Emma I checked the listings and it was something like #17. I figured it would probably get less common (not sure what I based that prediction on!) But now it is something like #1 or 2! There are only 2 others in her school of 400. So then when I was pg with Evan I resolved to pick a less common name. We didn’t want to use Emma’s boy name (Bennett) b/c we met so many Bens in the intervening time. Didn’t necessarily want another E name but Evan appealed the most. So I looked it up and it was in the 40′s or so of popularity. I don’t know what it is now but I meet Evans everywhere!! In fact there is another Evan in his class who is 3 days younger. So now we have kids with very popular names that sort of match…oh well, they are the most wonderful Emma and Evan w know! Amanda

By: irilyth

irilyth — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:15:18 +0000

I’ve historically enjoyed Kaiser too, as a kid living in Claremont and an adult working in Pasadena. Yes, they’re a huge monstrous corporation, but they’re only *one* huge monstrous corporation, so when one part of it refers you to another part of it, it goes a lot more smoothly than when e.g. your PCP refers you to an orthopedist who otherwise have nothing to do with each other, and who each have a strong vested financial interest in spending as little time with you as possible. :^p