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1. Terry Form of TERENCE. tender, gracious, good

Name Origin: Latin
Number of Syllables: 2.00
Gender: Unisex

More interesting facts about the name Terry:

Lucky Number: 5
Ruling Planet: Mercury
Element: Air
Primary Color: Blue
Traits: Active, both physically and mentally. Inquiring, exploring.
Fond of reading and researching. Good at languages. Would make a very
good teacher, writer, secretary. Makes friends easily. Usually
methodical and orderly; adept at simplifying systems.

--From The Name Site

Yeah, well, maybe--except for that last bit (the methodical-and-orderly thing). My favorite color is blue. Mostly I liked this because my name rarely appears in these name things; it's considered a diminutive/nickname of Terence or Teresa.

Shouldn't there be a better word than "unisex"? Maybe "omnisex"? "pangender"? "does it matter?"?

Gakked from caereala, who posted with a cool icon I had to investigate.

Rank Interests

Haven't rejiggered my interests in a while. Before I do:

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Gakked from jodawi.

Anti-Gall: TV-B-Gone

Oh, man, I could have really used this at the post office last winter.

I could definitely have used this at the gas station where I found a small TV set in the pump instead of an audio speaker to keep my vacuous mind entertained for the forty-five seconds it takes to fill my car with the stuff wars are made on.

From Wired News: Inventor Rejoices as TVs Go Dark:

With the spread of TiVo and downloadable movies, [anti-TV activist and computer programmer David Burke] said, the traditional 30-second spot is dying. Now, advertisers want waiting rooms, elevators and urinals -- and they don't want anyone to be able to turn the screens off.

[snippage]

[TV-B-Gone inventor Mitch] Altman said people who hear about TV-B-Gone start thinking about other nuisances. Friends have asked for ways to jam cell phones, shut down vehicle subwoofers and kill car alarms.

Yes! Yes yes yes yes yes!

Keep working, Mr. Altman.

(The article has a fun punchline. Worth clicking over to it.)

The obvious punchline of this post: Yeah, I could probably really use one of these in my living room.