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13785. Magoseph - 2/11/2005 5:44:52 PM Judith, it was a rather good comparison, if I believe what my sons tell me. I saw a fraternity house the day after a bash and I can tell you that it was a horrible sight. I took a group of foreign students there for a visit and when we entered the hall, I retreated and closed the doors before they could smell the place and see the mayhem. This frat house was not the best on campus, but I understood then that the best one was much worse. 13786. Magoseph - 2/11/2005 5:47:09 PM iiibbb, what exactly one does on this site? 13787. judithathome - 2/11/2005 5:54:56 PM Ha! My name was number 8....in the 1940s! 13788. judithathome - 2/11/2005 5:56:40 PM My mom was on a roll...my sister's name was #7 in the 50s. 13789. Magoseph - 2/11/2005 5:57:16 PM I am so dense. 13790. judithathome - 2/11/2005 5:58:09 PM Type in your name on the line at the top...it will show you how popular it was in what years. 13791. wabbit - 2/11/2005 6:17:28 PM My name peaked at 82 in the 1920's and hasn't made the top 1000 since the 1960's, when it was 464. 13792. Ms. No - 2/11/2005 6:20:48 PM I'm amazed that they have my name at all --- spelled the way I spell it!!!!
13793. thoughtful - 2/11/2005 6:41:37 PM That's a cool website...it's amazing the fashions in names. Shows that some religious names are really building quickly in popularity like faith while other biblical names are in decline like ruth.
I was thinking of people I know and about their birth vintage and sure enough the popularity at that time was evident...I know 3 different people with granddaughters named emma and it's one of the fast growing names now.
Mother's name has lost popularity over the decades to the point it no longer registers...marguerite.
13794. Magoseph - 2/11/2005 6:57:33 PM My first name is not in the top 1,000 names in any decade, so they say. 13795. thoughtful - 2/11/2005 7:04:06 PM Arthur Miller died. 13796. Magoseph - 2/11/2005 7:09:49 PM Talking about writing, Arthur Miller said: “It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not?"
I never was talented in anything of note, but now I am developing the art of getting rid of whatever bothers me.
13797. thoughtful - 2/11/2005 7:15:15 PM He apparently was anti bush up to the end, which is not surprising. But his play the crucible should be required reading for all who want to vote republican. Born out of the Mccarthy era, it is SO apt today. 13798. Magoseph - 2/11/2005 7:31:24 PM He manifested great courage when he appeared before the House Committee on Un-American Activities 13799. Linnea - 2/11/2005 7:35:06 PM I end up with stacks of partially read New Yorkers around the house which I don't get around to reading but can't bring myself to throw away.
Reminds me of my mom, who used to stack them up in the basement. When she retired in the early 1990's, she finally read through a couple of decades' worth and then got rid of them. 13800. Linnea - 2/11/2005 7:40:35 PM Re: name popularity - I named my daughter after my grandmother (born ca. 1880), and only found out later that her name is one of the top 10 for the 1990's. Being Java-less, I can't check out my own given name (which is not Linnea), but I'm sure it was big in the 50's and 60's. There were always at least one or two others in my class in elementary school. 13801. judithathome - 2/11/2005 7:43:00 PM I linked to a story about Miller's death in News... 13802. wonkers2 - 2/11/2005 8:05:41 PM Miller was a great one. Tremendous playwright. Stood up for his beliefs.
And, Cap'n Dirty sez, "Was married to Marilyn Monroe!" 13803. Magoseph - 2/11/2005 9:08:20 PM Here is a little tidbit from a NYT review of the movie "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", Cap'n.
Says one bug-eyed fellow to another as the Misses Russell and Monroe do a languid parade up the gangplank of the Le Havre-bound Ile de France: "If this ship hit an iceberg and sank, which one would you save?" To which his admiring companion gurgles: "Those girls couldn't drown." 13804. Magoseph - 2/11/2005 9:08:42 PM Toys
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