Name Nerd Duana Names: Can He Break The Rules? Hi, Duana. My husband and I are expecting Baby Boy #2, and we are struggling with the name. I set a few preferences for our first that hold over to our second -- at least two syllables, to balance our short last name, and hard consonants in the middle or By Duana • Sep 04, 2019 03:43 pm
Name Nerd Name Nerd: Gut Check, (Your) Son Dear Duana, We are days away from meeting our second child and despite a very focused effort on choosing a name over the last 8.5 months, nothing is sticking for us. And we [read “I”] am desperate not to settle on a name. A little bit about us: our By Duana • Aug 30, 2019 04:04 pm
TV Updates Lauren Graham’s Post-Millennial Musical Twitter gets a bad rap, and approximately 87% of the time it’s deserved. But I cannot quit an application that occasionally gives me massive, unexpected joy bombs. Here is last night’s: when characters in musicals transition from speaking to singing pic.twitter.com/YwZwsIZOBN— chopped liva (@realchoppedliva) August By Duana • Aug 28, 2019 03:12 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: In Honour Of Hogwarts Hi Duana, We are expecting our third child in a few weeks. Our older children are named Lucie and James, who we always call Jamie. We had lots of name ideas for our daughter but when we were naming our first son James/Jamie was the ONLY name that I By Duana • Aug 26, 2019 04:21 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: New Chapter, New Baby, New Name! Hi Duana, I have unexpectedly been asked to adopt my cousin's 2 week old baby, currently named Lillie. Lillian is also the name of a beloved grandmother, and as such, there are a number of Lily, Lillian and Lillies in the family. I was wondering if there were By Duana • Aug 23, 2019 04:21 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: What’s This? August Updates?! You guys know I usually wait and do a giant roundup of name updates. And I will freely confess that I have earlier updates than these still waiting for their day in the sun. But, but, but ... Remember I said that August people were in a class of their own? By Duana • Aug 21, 2019 04:08 pm
TV Updates The Morning Show Trailer Woke Me Up I mean, there’s long-awaited, and then there’s so long-awaited that you almost think you dreamed it up as a concept. I assume the latter is how the ten people still waiting on George RR Martin to finish the Game Of Thrones book series feel. I was getting close By Duana • Aug 19, 2019 02:50 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Joke’s On Us Duana, There are two things I’m certain about: (1) the universe has a great sense of humor, because it decided I would have a third son; and (2) naming this little bugger is impossible. My husband and I didn’t even have to debate over our first two boys. By Duana • Aug 16, 2019 03:56 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: The Mathematical Equivalent Of The Perfect Name Hi Duana, My husband and I are expecting our first baby in late August. We have a boy's name nailed down - it will be Samson after my husband's late grandfather - but we are struggling to agree on a girl's name. We typically By Duana • Aug 15, 2019 04:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Little Women Grows Up With Us Wowwwww. Clearly Lainey and I have made a mistake on Show Your Work, because we have yet to talk about the importance of having A Muse, and clearly it is working out for Greta Gerwig. Have you seen this trailer? Little Women has been highly anticipated and highly debated, because By Duana • Aug 14, 2019 11:50 am
Name Nerd Duana Names: …And It Says Its Own Name Hi Duana, I'm losing my mind trying to find a name for my 3rd child (gender unknown). I need something that "goes" with the first two children but isn't too matchy-matchy. I love strong meanings but the name also has to be "pretty& By Duana • Aug 12, 2019 04:03 pm
TV Updates BH90210 Pilot: too smart? Look, I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. Lainey and I have complained, kind of a lot, about the fact that people don’t read. Not you, of course, you’re here reading this and tons of other word-related content but… people. They don’t read. And By Duana • Aug 09, 2019 01:46 pm
TV Updates Beverly Hills, 90210 Arrives … It’s tonight. Tonight, the show-within-a-show revival of 90210 drops – I had known a few months ago that indeed it would be a birthday present for me, but I forgot that it was happening, so this was a treat. For other shows, obviously the play might be to release a By Duana • Aug 07, 2019 03:01 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: There’s Something About Allie Hi Duana, Like many, I’m a long time reader and first time writer. After two rounds of IVF, we are having our only/first child in August! We don’t know the sex, so are trying to come up with a list of potential names. We’re a little By Duana • Aug 02, 2019 03:49 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Onion is No Apple Hi Duana, My husband and I are expecting our first child at the end of July. We are having a boy and we had the name picked out, Luke Johnson, but it looks like we won't be able to use Luke anymore. My husband shared the name with By Duana • Jul 31, 2019 04:20 pm
TV Updates Veronica Mars Season 4 Review I waited. I wanted to watch all the episodes at once, and without getting spoiled so I was incredibly flattered that there were people who wanted to hear my thoughts, and I thought I’d need to organize my ideas into categories and things. But it turns out there’s By Duana • Jul 29, 2019 03:00 pm
