29 years I’ve had this name and only now have I realised that the devil’s in it. This file was a photo of my (now dead) Maxtor hard drive.
I’m a little shaken, amused and depressed. My Chinese name means US dollar, which is depreciating, and my English name has ‘satan’ in it.
Certain animals are probably breathing a sigh (or snort?) of relief to hear that strong Viagra sales worldwide might lead to a decrease in demand for traditional anti-impotence cures. Uplifting news indeed.
Has anyone ever realised that the UK’s Tory leader Michael Howard looks pretty much like Australia’s PM, John Howard? Surely they have some genealogy in common…
As I haven’t had time to blog much lately, I shall leave you with a joke reflecting the unstable times we’re in now. > Auditor’s one line report on Lehman Brothers Balance sheet: > > ‘There are two sides to a Balance Sheet – Left & the Right (Liabilities and Assets respectively). On the left…
Yesterday we celebrated her first birthday. Isn’t she adorable? Yes, I know I look absolutely idiotic.
We just got home from dinner. I stepped out of the car, turned back and noticed a large grasshopper sitting on the roof of the car! We observed it for a short while, then I dashed off and got my Ixus camera. Here’s my best shot of it … However, after several more minutes of…
I’ve been looking around for good graduate schools for Law and Mass Communication, and came across the USNews forum which was mentioned in the 2003 grad school guidebook. It was a little frustrating parting with eighteen bucks only to find that there were only a few pages in the guidebook covering the latter subject, so…
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From Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, 1594:
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
and if we spell your name backwards..nat assenav
cool to have Satan and Ass in the same name
I once had an email username that was “satan”. First two letters of first name + last name. Just had it for a summer, though, so I didn’t use the account.
I have at least 3 other friends who “have Satan” in their names. Considering that “Tan” is a common surname, and “sa” appears at the end of lots of first names, I think there are many others who will read your blog entry and discover that they too are in the same boat. 😉