My brother named his kids in an interesting manner. Our family has a fun, unknown-why of giving middle names that start with ‘g,’ going back several generations. I’m Evan Graham [Last name]. My brother is Colin Gavin [Last name]. His first son, who is hands-down His Father’s Son, is named Gavin Grantham [Last name]. Grantham is the town in England where Colin spent a year in university. The University of Evansville has an overseas program with Harlexton Manor, a palatial estate. It was used in a couple flicks, 1999’s The Haunting is one.
So my oldest nephew’s first name is my brother’s middle name.
Second nephew’s middle name is his mother’s father’s name, breaking the G-tradition.
(I forget Ezra’s middle name, but it starts with g.)
Toxteth O'Grady
on July 30, 2025 at 9:20 pm
¡Wow!! Utterly gorgeous. I’d never heard of either the home or the program. I’ve been to Lincoln: Steep Hill is steep.
I only use my middle name when filling out a 4473.
Half the time I forget it exists.
slumbrew
on July 30, 2025 at 10:39 pm
And, yes, that’s a gorgeous pile of a building.
rhywun
on July 30, 2025 at 10:41 pm
My middle name is my main name – not my choice, and believe me it causes a lot of headaches.
Evan from Evansville
on July 30, 2025 at 11:01 pm
@Rhy: Dad is Walter Garret [Last name].
He HATES Walter, which has some family history with… his grandpa? I’m not sure.
So he’s always been Garret. When talking of nicknames with Ez, just yesterday 5, I went over mine (Short Fry) and others germane to him. I said ‘Walter’ was a secret-secret name for my dad, with humorous intent. Unexpected, he remembered, and later used it out-of -the-blue to great effect.
I’m happy Dad praised me for providing a good Uncle Moment for Ez. I took him into the fridge and freezer rooms at work, weaving him through my coworkers. He loved it. I think it made a lasting impression.
My primary purpose as an uncle to three nephews is to show them how different brothers can be, despite those brothers being remarkably similar. (Except in thought. Hence my interest.) This world takes all sorts, and I’m opposite Colin.
My new piece touches on this, but is scheduled to run a couple weeks from now. Fun pics (what I have left) are included, and is intended as an invitation to others to share their own path.
rhywun
on July 30, 2025 at 11:08 pm
I had a close friend Colin who actually went by his 2nd middle (!) name.
All very Scotsmanlike which is not terribly surprising for someone from Clyde, NY.
Toxteth O'Grady
on July 30, 2025 at 11:08 pm
Ev, your uncle stories are endearing, particularly the retail scavenger hunt.
Evan from Evansville
on July 30, 2025 at 11:19 pm
@Tox:
THANK YOU! It was an odd moment of Ev-brilliance, IMO. I was able to do something Dad did for me, show me shit I’d never seen, and I’m paternally pleased I showed Ez something *his* dad never would.
I wasn’t around for the other two at this age. This is my moment to impart every and anything I can, and so far, goodness!
He actively waits for me, and happily sits, wriggly but cuddled in my lap, actively listening to my wisdom. He’s far more verbal than his brothers, and I eagerly accept that I have something to do with that.
Calvin and Hobbes is his next step. It was (nearly) everything for my youthful exuberance. I can’t wait to open his doors of thought. (Best when youthenized (ha!) with snowmen and Calvinballs.
So my understanding of the ripening cycle of the bell pepper is off. It was my understanding that they would grow to size while green then change color as they ripened. So when the baby pepper on my plant started turning purple quickly, I figured it wasn’t likely to get bigger… but it’s still getting bigger while a deep purple (no smoke on the water so far).
I’m oddly excited about the possibilites of what I can cook with my one pepper when it reaches harvest size (even though I’m not sure when or how big that will be)
Evan from Evansville
on July 30, 2025 at 9:39 pm
Chile relleno?
I’ve never grown anything, but it seems a hobby right up my alley. It kinda seems like getting a cat (rather than a dog). Much reward for far less effort.
It’s certainly *your* alley now. Purple Peppers, band or porn name? (Or polite talk for a serious medical condition.)
rhywun
on July 30, 2025 at 10:29 pm
far less effort
You might think so.
It’s not true.
Evan from Evansville
on July 30, 2025 at 11:48 pm
I’m sure it isn’t, but you don’t have to walk cats.
I’ve never raised anything, a plant, an animal, a human, anything. It’s a realm I’m aware of, having grown up with always a dog in the house, two cats mixed in, and my bro having an indoor/outdoor cat, at present.
My favorite animal may be the coyote. (Leopard is another strong possibility.) They scrap for a living and have increased territory with human encroachment, one of the very few creatures who’ve done so. (Raccoons, too.) Fierce creatures who live on the outskirts. (I resemble that statement.)
Dammit. Do folk really make pets out of their personality? I do, Which comes first, the cat or felinility?
Furthest Blue pistoffnick (370HSSV)
on July 30, 2025 at 9:42 pm
He should be relieved it’s in the correct earlobe.
DrOtto
on July 30, 2025 at 11:12 pm
Left is right and right is wrong.
Brochettaward
on July 30, 2025 at 9:44 pm
You losers probably aren’t even watching the Nick Fuentes/Alex Jones broohaha.
slumbrew
on July 30, 2025 at 10:29 pm
Tard fight.
rhywun
on July 30, 2025 at 10:32 pm
I think I’d rather stick a fork in my eye.
Trigger Hippie
on July 30, 2025 at 10:19 pm
I love you people. The last time I was still fully engaged with this site a year or so ago I ended it by pretty much being a cunt. That was shitty of me. I’m sorry. Anyway…have fun kiddos!
slumbrew
on July 30, 2025 at 10:30 pm
Man, you never got close to being even top five cunts.
Yo! I love you, man. Been re-reading and I certainly recognize you, and talent, in general.
Would love to hear from you more. We seem to be two horses-in-harness, sharing many interests and personal strife. It’s cathartic to get ‘it’ all out. Never had any notion of your ‘cuntish’ behavior. Come back!
Ownbestenemy
on July 30, 2025 at 10:41 pm
Im with slumbrew…top 10 sure, but 5? Nah
Yusef drives a Kia
on July 30, 2025 at 11:05 pm
One of us!
Toxteth O'Grady
on July 30, 2025 at 11:49 pm
And KK too!
Sean
on July 31, 2025 at 4:53 am
Dude!
Evan from Evansville
on July 31, 2025 at 3:34 am
All of y’all, get ready to kick ass.
Big thunderstorm here, now, which is rather pleasant. I should get paid in a few hours.
I’m coming to the conclusion I should write a bit of an auto-bio. Kinda thinking it’s my easiest ‘in’ while also being somewhat sell-able. My submission is in a few weeks, but it might be a decent opener. Much consideration, to be had.
CNN: “Hospital says it never agreed to deactivate inmate’s heart device before execution” –> Uh? Fear of side effects? See also: Shit no one need care about.
Peace out glibbies. The commute begins. Cubs kicked ass yesterday. I’ll further their pursuit.
At least if it gets your age wrong there’s the option of uploading a government ID or a credit card to prove your age…so there’s that. What a crock of shit.
DEG
on July 31, 2025 at 5:18 am
What could possibly go wrong?
DEG
on July 31, 2025 at 5:18 am
Mornin’
Gym time soon.
Gender Traitor
on July 31, 2025 at 5:24 am
Good morning, DEG, Stinky, Ted’S., Sean, Teh Hype, and EfE!
I like the Elon hat in the background.
Only the classiest hats can be on the show.
+Much. Very nice touch.
Unspeakable!!!
What will Elon name the babies?
X squared and square root of X?
He’s just going to number them from now on. Too many weird, fucked-up names to remember as it is.
He could name them all Elon.
See #1 (last), the most memorable dancers from ACBC.
https://trivia.cracked.com/article_41009_a-guide-to-the-peanuts-kids-snoopy-doesnt-even-remember.html
My brother named his kids in an interesting manner. Our family has a fun, unknown-why of giving middle names that start with ‘g,’ going back several generations. I’m Evan Graham [Last name]. My brother is Colin Gavin [Last name]. His first son, who is hands-down His Father’s Son, is named Gavin Grantham [Last name]. Grantham is the town in England where Colin spent a year in university. The University of Evansville has an overseas program with Harlexton Manor, a palatial estate. It was used in a couple flicks, 1999’s The Haunting is one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlaxton_Manor#/media/File:Harlaxton_Manor_-_University_of_Evansville_College_near_Grantham,_UK.jpg
So my oldest nephew’s first name is my brother’s middle name.
Second nephew’s middle name is his mother’s father’s name, breaking the G-tradition.
(I forget Ezra’s middle name, but it starts with g.)
¡Wow!! Utterly gorgeous. I’d never heard of either the home or the program. I’ve been to Lincoln: Steep Hill is steep.
We all know for whom Grantham is famous.
It’s a crime to use such a building on college students and faculty.
My younger brother and I have our grandmother’s maiden names as middle names, which I’ve always thought was nice.
My brother named his youngest with my middle name (our paternal grandmother’s maiden name), Weston. Which is cool.
I only use my middle name when filling out a 4473.
Half the time I forget it exists.
And, yes, that’s a gorgeous pile of a building.
My middle name is my main name – not my choice, and believe me it causes a lot of headaches.
@Rhy: Dad is Walter Garret [Last name].
He HATES Walter, which has some family history with… his grandpa? I’m not sure.
So he’s always been Garret. When talking of nicknames with Ez, just yesterday 5, I went over mine (Short Fry) and others germane to him. I said ‘Walter’ was a secret-secret name for my dad, with humorous intent. Unexpected, he remembered, and later used it out-of -the-blue to great effect.
I’m happy Dad praised me for providing a good Uncle Moment for Ez. I took him into the fridge and freezer rooms at work, weaving him through my coworkers. He loved it. I think it made a lasting impression.
My primary purpose as an uncle to three nephews is to show them how different brothers can be, despite those brothers being remarkably similar. (Except in thought. Hence my interest.) This world takes all sorts, and I’m opposite Colin.
My new piece touches on this, but is scheduled to run a couple weeks from now. Fun pics (what I have left) are included, and is intended as an invitation to others to share their own path.
I had a close friend Colin who actually went by his 2nd middle (!) name.
All very Scotsmanlike which is not terribly surprising for someone from Clyde, NY.
Ev, your uncle stories are endearing, particularly the retail scavenger hunt.
@Tox:
THANK YOU! It was an odd moment of Ev-brilliance, IMO. I was able to do something Dad did for me, show me shit I’d never seen, and I’m paternally pleased I showed Ez something *his* dad never would.
I wasn’t around for the other two at this age. This is my moment to impart every and anything I can, and so far, goodness!
He actively waits for me, and happily sits, wriggly but cuddled in my lap, actively listening to my wisdom. He’s far more verbal than his brothers, and I eagerly accept that I have something to do with that.
Calvin and Hobbes is his next step. It was (nearly) everything for my youthful exuberance. I can’t wait to open his doors of thought. (Best when youthenized (ha!) with snowmen and Calvinballs.
Also @Tox: Why is ‘Grantham’ famous? I know not.
Just buy him the full set.
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Calvin-Hobbes-Bill-Watterson/dp/1449433251
Thatcher!
Don’t forget to leave a like & a smartass comment!
Be sure to lik ethe video and leave a smartalecky comment, ya smart aleck
So my understanding of the ripening cycle of the bell pepper is off. It was my understanding that they would grow to size while green then change color as they ripened. So when the baby pepper on my plant started turning purple quickly, I figured it wasn’t likely to get bigger… but it’s still getting bigger while a deep purple (no smoke on the water so far).
I’m oddly excited about the possibilites of what I can cook with my one pepper when it reaches harvest size (even though I’m not sure when or how big that will be)
Chile relleno?
I’ve never grown anything, but it seems a hobby right up my alley. It kinda seems like getting a cat (rather than a dog). Much reward for far less effort.
It’s certainly *your* alley now. Purple Peppers, band or porn name? (Or polite talk for a serious medical condition.)
You might think so.
It’s not true.
I’m sure it isn’t, but you don’t have to walk cats.
I’ve never raised anything, a plant, an animal, a human, anything. It’s a realm I’m aware of, having grown up with always a dog in the house, two cats mixed in, and my bro having an indoor/outdoor cat, at present.
My favorite animal may be the coyote. (Leopard is another strong possibility.) They scrap for a living and have increased territory with human encroachment, one of the very few creatures who’ve done so. (Raccoons, too.) Fierce creatures who live on the outskirts. (I resemble that statement.)
Dammit. Do folk really make pets out of their personality? I do, Which comes first, the cat or felinility?
I love her.
I need her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAKCR7kQMTQ
Stuff it! Stuffed peppers are great.
Hulk Hogan, Ozzy Osbourne, and Theo Huxtable meet St. Peter at the Pearly Gates…
I didn’t realize how young he was in the first season of Cosby.
earring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nbDVUT-nOs
He should be relieved it’s in the correct earlobe.
Left is right and right is wrong.
You losers probably aren’t even watching the Nick Fuentes/Alex Jones broohaha.
Tard fight.
I think I’d rather stick a fork in my eye.
I love you people. The last time I was still fully engaged with this site a year or so ago I ended it by pretty much being a cunt. That was shitty of me. I’m sorry. Anyway…have fun kiddos!
Man, you never got close to being even top five cunts.
Welcome back, Glib.
We love you.
Yo! I love you, man. Been re-reading and I certainly recognize you, and talent, in general.
Would love to hear from you more. We seem to be two horses-in-harness, sharing many interests and personal strife. It’s cathartic to get ‘it’ all out. Never had any notion of your ‘cuntish’ behavior. Come back!
Im with slumbrew…top 10 sure, but 5? Nah
One of us!
And KK too!
Dude!
All of y’all, get ready to kick ass.
Big thunderstorm here, now, which is rather pleasant. I should get paid in a few hours.
I’m coming to the conclusion I should write a bit of an auto-bio. Kinda thinking it’s my easiest ‘in’ while also being somewhat sell-able. My submission is in a few weeks, but it might be a decent opener. Much consideration, to be had.
CNN: “Hospital says it never agreed to deactivate inmate’s heart device before execution” –> Uh? Fear of side effects? See also: Shit no one need care about.
Peace out glibbies. The commute begins. Cubs kicked ass yesterday. I’ll further their pursuit.
Sean is late
My duck ate my alarm clock.
⬅️ Good episode.
Rise and shine you freaks.
🤪🌦️🐞
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qlUFKFHNIU
Remember when cool stuff just sorta happened?
🎶🎶
No.
As Carly Simon sang, these are the good old days.
“YouTube’s new AI age verification is coming soon — here’s what’s going to change”
https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/youtubes-new-ai-age-verification-is-coming-soon-heres-whats-going-to-change
At least if it gets your age wrong there’s the option of uploading a government ID or a credit card to prove your age…so there’s that. What a crock of shit.
What could possibly go wrong?
Mornin’
Gym time soon.
Good morning, DEG, Stinky, Ted’S., Sean, Teh Hype, and EfE!
Morning
Good morning, U! How are you today?
Tired. I slept too much between yesterday afternoon and overnight.
New Remy.
What will Kamala do know that she has announced she is remaining on the bench instead of running for governor?
Keep drinking?
Blow Gavin?
She’ll continue to grift and maybe wrangle a senate seat or an appointment to the judiciary. Don’t worry about her, she’ll do fine.
Good morning! Temperature dropped 30 degrees, which is nice.
On topic: I could not understand X hat at all.
Check your bingo cards.
Radioactive wasps.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wasp_Woman