THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

MARK | 2006-08-01

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My apologies Horace — er, I mean Bob.

Comment by Mark

******* Mark is apologizing for fussing when I talked about Joe and he thought I had gotten his name wrong. He also anticipated my reply with the Horace bit.

****** Apologizing to me about getting names wrong is like apologizing to a puppy for going to the bathroom in the wrong place. I get everybody's name wrong all the time.

****** I have no idea why Mark picked "Horace" but it reminds me of a point.

****** There ARE people in this world who stick a male infant with a name like Horace or Chauncey or -- God help us! -- BEVERLEY! I knew one kid who was in constant fights at school after the other students found out that his middle name was Beverley.

****** Why in heaven's name do people DO things that to a helpless newborn?