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That would seem to be a bigger problem if you're into men. I guess I just have to watch out for Belles, Kats, and girls named after flowers/gemstones (the last group all being old enough to be my grandma).

Depends on the celebrity. If someone told me I looked like Chris Hemsworth or Sam Worthington, I could live with that. But no. I've gotten a John C. Reilly comparison so much. What's worse is that they always seem to think it's a compliment.

On the evidence as you've presented it, I say: let your wife pick.

Were you a kid in the late 80's, by any chance?

I feel your pain, Blue Maximum Three-Headed Ice Dragon.

Hey, it's one of Albus Dumbledore's middle names! OK, it's the boring muggle name thrown in for comic effect, but still…

I have a relatively unusual name, which…largely exempted me from
name-based teasing when I was growing up.

There was a great quote on Cracked about that: "I'm going to call them 'gaters, because they represent all gamers as well as cannibals represent all food-eaters. Most of us have figured out how to do it without destroying someone else."

I've actually had pretty good luck with Alex: there aren't any characters famous enough that the name's inseparable (I didn't grow up in the 80's, obviously). And the ones that do come up are usually pretty badass. (It's the X at the end. Drives the girls wild.)

I think it's more because Hogfather pushes some of my philosophical buttons about the importance of stories and such.

(Six guys with face tattoos show up and beat TheGhostofDBoonsGhost senseless.)

It's probably not all her fault, but can we blame that trend entirely on Lana Del Rey anyway? "Down on the Wesh Coash, They got a shayin'…" Why are you imitating Sean Connery, Lana?

In the female pop star subcategory, I'll go with 'So What' by Pink. (or P!nk. Whatever.) For some reason, that particular variation of "I'm one TOUGH-ASS BITCH who likes to get DRUNK!" is better than the others. Probably because she left off the 'but deep inside I'm lonely and need a guy like you' that follows on all

I really want to like Discworld more than I do, but Hogfather is the only book in the series that I've really loved so far.

I think it's kind of amazing that they had exactly and only one great song in them. That song kicks ass, but I can barely get through the rest of that album, let alone any others.

Kaya Scodelario (playing the first girl introduced into this testosterone-heavy habitat).

The Gospel of Mark Mothersbaugh.

Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas by (debut album-era) Cage The Elephant or Kings of Leon.

"He turned wine into vomit! It's a miracle!"