Commonplacebook.com is the personal website of Steph Mineart. When I was a kid, I used to get in trouble all the time for talking too much, and I got yelled at for daydreaming in class all the time, too. Thirty-some years later, not much has changed.
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a Wikipedia entry via Kotte.org:
Aptronym, a word allegedly coined by United States newspaper columnist Franklin P. Adams, refers to a name that is aptly suited to its owner. Fictional examples of aptronyms include Mr. Talkative and Mr. Worldly Wiseman in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.
One of my new cardiologists (who is taking over for Dr. Yee) is named Dr. Valentine.
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Giant horses, enormous cows, men that tower over the skyline... some of them are permanent fiberglass structures, some temporary inflatables, almost all of them are advertisments for a business. They're cool, and I take pictures of them.
My "Big Things" photos:
Big Things In Indianapolis — Inflatables
2001 Midwest Big Things Road Trip
2004 Visit to Dinosaurland in Virginia
2005 Big Things In Louisville, Kentucky
2006 Big Things Road Trip to Kansas
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Comments
1 On Thu, Oct 27, 2005, kay said:
Seriously...I once saw a urologist named Dr. Dick! Hopefully, your visits with Dr. Sweetheart bring to mind a more pleasant caricature.
2 On Fri, Oct 28, 2005, Jen Bortel said:
More on the doctor front: I had a gynecologist named Dr. Long (which was funnier at the time for some reason) and another named Dr. Kilmore. Dr. Kilmore was an opthamologist so it's unlikely that he actually killed anyone at all.