@Skellatrix: "Jimmy" was the boy who hid in the bathroom rather than dance with me after he agreed to go. "Jim" was a terrible experiment in older men. "Jim-Bob" is cause for instant death. These are not allowed in my house. His nickname varies from "Bink" to "Monster" to "Pumpkin-Butt".

@jenilane: There was a Lance in our school too, he was a big strapping handsome guy who now owns a roofing company. I would have hated to have had the same name as him, he was so... butch!

@FroderickFronkensteen: That sounds like a great title for a YA book, "The Girl Named Gawain." Nope! My name is the same as the film actress who was 'discovered' in a drug store while wearing a very tight sweater and later had very questionable taste in mobster boyfriends.

@tldr: Those girls must have grown up to be tough cookies! That's seriously awesome.

@GiggleLoop: I cringe when I talk to new moms who have done that. I want to tell them, you do know that you're going to be spelling this FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE to strangers over the phone? And they're probably going to get it wrong at least twice.

@FroderickFronkensteen: If I had been born a boy, I would have been Lancelot. Not just Lance, the full on Lancelot. Imagine the pummeling I would have received as a ginger Lancelot in a very small lumber/cattle town.

@jenilane: Maybe they'd be honored to share it? There's always the middle name option as well.

I went with James. Short, sweet, easy to yell in a crowded area and sort of a family name. Also the family was grateful that I didn't go with my first (joke) choices of Nebuchadnezzar or Bathsheba.

With my flat feet, when I wear heels I feel like a newborn baby giraffe on a Wild Kingdom special, all wobbly knees and pigeon-toed! Kudos to those of you who can pull it off though, I generally think you look hot!

This sounds so much better than the Cocoa Cats Peeps!

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: Did you ever dabble in 'frankensimming'?

And THAT'S why Imperials are no longer allowed at our Destruction Derby. Crush the front, crush the back and you've got a Sherman Tank by Chrysler.

@lalaland13: Only if you've got the Autonomous Casual Romance mod installed.

That's wonderful! We just bought a bunch of these for my son. There's nothing like reading with mom and arguing about if we should 'turn left' or 'pull the lever'.

@mishmisha: I think Grad Night turned Disneyland into Las Vegas. After you got frisked at the entrance (my first pat down!) then you got to enjoy the Filthiest Place On Earth, seriously, they gave the cleaning crew the night off. I might just be bitter that they made me wear a dress to get in.

@cait98: Not Goofy, but Eeyore gave me a wee bit too snug cuddle on Grad Night, many years ago. I've got a picture of this and my expression is more than a little bewildered.

It was highly effective birth control for me because I bled so heavily for so long that I didn't want to have sex at all. Not to mention the resulting anemia. If it works for other gals then good. My favorite form of birth control is my husband's vasectomy.

This really stinks. I adore my stash of Black Lace books. I hide them under the bed and stub my toes on them. For a while they even had covers that were naughty but not so scandalous that I couldn't meet the Borders' clerk's eyes. *pouts* Now where am I going to find my fix of well written historical non-rapey smut!?

It is none of our business and hopefully the children will be told when they are old enough, even if it is just for medical history reasons.

I swear to god that I've seen that artwork on dA, as a photomanipulated self-portrait of the artist herself. Damn, I can't find the link.