Tag: Name

Christian is My Name, if Only in Name

I love The Almighty, yes I do. But I don’t believe he was a Middle-Eastern Jew. The portrait on Grandma’s wall shows he’s white, That’s a big part of why I feel he’s right. I go to church every Sunday, Then discriminate every Monday. I’ve always ...

The Cost of Doing Good for Yahshua’s Name

This poem of mine is about being persecuted for doing good things and a reminder that any person is not better than the Master “Jesus” (Yahshua), who was unjustly persecuted first for doing good even without sin, and so every good person will also be persecuted for doing good things as Y...

What is your favorite name?

Hello, my dear friend! I just discovered a new possibility to generate stunning portraits with my favorite AI art generator Midjourney! It is pretty simple, but the results are incredible! New portrait generation idea It is interesting how Midjourney thinks about some names. Text promp...

His Name is Clifford.

My boyfriend’s Pomeranian mix barks loudly at noises throughout the day. Garbage trucks backing up, millennials on their Pelotons with the windows open, postmen who enter creaky gates to access hidden mailboxes, kids on skateboards, it could be anything. Rock-o has a bit of a Napoleon complex ...

The Secret Name Of Rome

New theories about a mystery hundreds of years old and a secret known to few Romans that was not meant to be revealed It was 8 a.C. when the famous poet Ovid fell out of favor with the Emperor Augustus, who exiled him, without the confiscation of his goods, to Tomis (now C...

The Question at the Heart of the Cliff House Name Dispute

Over the course of three articles published in 2021 and this month (here, here, and here), I have tried to show that Dan and Mary Hountalas do not own any trademark that entitles them to press such an absolute claim. Of the five Cliff House-related trademarks that the Hountalases o...

Can I Just Talk About The Unique Name Trend?

I’m not going to lie, some of the names that are currently being used for new babies are awkward. One of my acquaintances, for example, was named something along the line of Moonlight Mushroom.* She’s not alone. I’ve heard of kids named Pepsi, Marijuana, and even Big Baby. From ...

I Hid My Middle Name, Thinking No One Would Notice I Was Asian

It’s actually Tak-Wah (pronounced “duck wah”). My immigrant parents chose the name — which means “broad virtue” in Cantonese — so I wouldn’t forget my heritage. Not that I needed the reminder growing up. My black hair, short stature, and funn...