I have been thinking about names .....

How could we forget the Ben and J-Lo union? At first I thought Bennifer- now thats clever. That feeling didn't last long as every celebrity tabloid and newshow picked up on it and now it actually makes me cringe. I am sure Jennifer Garner did not appreciate Bennifer2 either. Now we have Bradgelina. Geez. So I'm thinking about me and my husband. His name is Joe. So we could be Roseph or Jobin. Not too great. Some names just do not bode well for celebridom. Think Gweneth and Chris- Chriseth-Gris? And what about companies who are named after their founders. Would Trump have put his name on a building if it was "Slumpfump" or "Turdish"? What about Micheal Dell? Would he have put his name on a computer if it was "Dinglemeister" These are things I think about.
My maiden last name is a first name. Until I was married people would mistake my last name for my first name all the time. I could not wait to change it but when I got married I hyphenated my name. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Now that causes all sorts of problems but at least it sounds like a last name. I blame it all on my mother. She is lousy at naming things. Her dog is named Peppe. No its not a french poodle. Its a schnauser, a salt and pepper schanuser hense Peppe. I guess Salty had probably crossed her mind but with her cholesterol problems. Well you know. Well maybe the fault really lies with her mother, my grandmother, who had three children that honestly had some of the worst names I have ever heard. When the time came to name my daughter I wanted to incorporate my mom's name in her name. My mother vehemently declined "Don't you dare name that child after me. I have hated my name my whole life!" Ok already. I shortened her name "Josephine" to "Jo" and now it is my daughter's middle name. She sounds like a relative to the Waltons but at least my mom is happy. We are NOT going to talk about how my daughter feels about her name....