Ring Magazine's Best 80 Names
And while we’re on the subject of fantastic names, take a look at Ring Magazine’s list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years, paying particular attention to numbers 31, 43, 45, 47, 64, and 78.
As Tom pointed out, “I suggest sending that link to anyone having a child in the near future — it contains all the boys names you could ever need.”
Beauty of the beastly name game
Knowing I’m crazy about names, friend of WYWG Tom sent me a link to this excellent article about sporting nicknames, commending in particular its “castigation of lazy journalism” and some of the punny comments.
However, it must be said that any article about nicknames (sporting or otherwise) that contains no mention of streetball is sorely lacking. To wit: Larry “Bone Collector” Williams, Anthony “Half-Man/Half-Amazing” Heyward, Earvin “I’ll Be Right Back” Opong (because he’s so quick), and my particular favourite, Waliyy Dixon, whose nickname was “The Coming Attraction” until after one particularly nasty dunk he had to be re-named: “The Main Event”.
You can find more streetball nicknames on Inside Hoops and there’s a fairly comprehensive list of NBA nicknames on Streetball Blog.com.
Post your favourite nicknames in the comments, readers!
“ I don’t really get the whole fish-as-pets thing. They’re sort of cool to watch for a while, but fish can’t snuggle. Fish can’t cheer you up by nuzzling your cheek when you’ve had a bad day. Fish can’t wake you up by walking up and down, up and down your legs. ”
Bloody Well Write, in a thoroughly entertaining article which is not actually about fish at all. It is about en and em dashes. Thrilling!
This is what a cashew looks like when it’s still attached to the tree.
Fun cashew facts!
- The delicious, red “accessory fruit” at the top is called a cashew apple.
- Botanically speaking the actual fruit of the cashew tree is the pod beneath, wherein lives the cashew nut, which, botannically speaking is a seed. Crazy botanists!
- The cashew apple is also edible, but you’ve never had one because they don’t keep (or travel) so good.
- Unlike the overly-jazzy peanut, your average cashew prefers to keep it casual in maybe a button-down shirt and chinos.
(photo courtesy of Richard Vignola)
Gene Kelly is like a god to me.
Sulphur hexafluoride is more dense than air, a scientific FACT which in this video has been utilised to create a magic flying boat.
ub14:
I really wish that stair porn website would come back.
I would recommend visiting said stair porn website if you are even halfway interested in stairs, design, architecture, or porn. Maybe not the porn, actually, but definitely the others.
The stairs in my house will always seem shockingly mundane from now on.
