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Binky Urban
Binky and her books, represent. Binky Urban is a literary agent. To the extent of my understanding, this means she reads thousands of terrible pitches and manuscripts every year, then finds one or two...
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Fionnula Flanagan
Next week will mark my four month anniversary as a contributor at The Blog of Funny Names. Can you believe it?! Doesn’t it feel like I’ve been talking here for at least fourteen months by now?!? Wait;...
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Jenji Kohan
Choosing the topic for today’s post was tough. When you’re doing a lot of writing (as I have been with my med school apps), you also tend to find yourself doing other things. It varies – I’ve done...
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Perri 6, and Getting By With A Little Help From Your Friends
Hoo-Diggidy Boy Howdy! Another funny name submission from one of our awesome readers, HLK from Finland, who I’m guessing is Kulakki’s wife Heidi! In any case, the name she submitted is a doozy, and if...
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Funny Names in the News 59 with Fawn Feather and All Weather
My name is Sue! How do you do? Now you’re gonna die! That said, at least you’ll die happy b’cause….. it’s FUNNY NAMES IN THE NEWS FRIDAY! We’ve got a whole slew of fantastic news to share with y’all so...
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Rainer Maria Rilke
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a brilliant poet with more awesomely-named credentials than you can shake a stick at. So stop shaking that stick!...
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Theodor Seuss Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Theophrastus Seuss, and a Merry Grinch...
In the good land of BoFN when Christmas drew near Folk were having . . . not quite universal good cheer. For in fact, there was one . . . er, his name we can’t say . . . Whud Id Fah? Whud Yuhd Fee? Or,...
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Funny Names in the News 74, with A Travolta Revolta, Some Ghastly News, and A...
Mmmmmm…. having my taste buds confused has never felt so delicious! Pax Vobiscum* lords and ladies, it’s Funny Names in the News Volume 74, where I take a break from these oddly edible Cheddar &...
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Funny Names in the News 80, Where we Celebrate Norms while taking the road...
Amal Alamuddin (sometimes the name itself is better than any possible caption) Happy Friday everyone! Here at Funny Names Central, that means we’re gettin’ rowdy rowdy and ’bout it ’bout it! Starting...
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Lee Iacocca
The week before Labor Day weekend, my better half and I spent some time driving around. We noticed two things, incredible weather and every imaginable iteration of the Ford Mustang, from the Shelby...
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Funny Names in Medicine, Volume 1
Hello folks! It’s good to be back! I’ve found it a bit hard to keep up with the flow of funny names lately, as I’ve been immersed in medicine. However, I’d like to take a brief moment to discuss some...
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Greg Bear
Greg Bear wrote a book, more than one. (Photo by Geoffrey A. Landis) Polish up your geek glasses people, I’ve just spent a month driving close to 9,000 miles with my husband and we’re rolling it into...
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Washington Irving And The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Chocolate-Espresso Dacquoise. German buttercream. Chocolate ganache. Meringue . . . Oh wait, I forgot where I was. We’re supposed to be talking about funny names, that’s it, funny names. How about...
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Theodor Seuss Geisel a.k.a. Dr. Theophrastus Seuss, and a Merry Grinch...
(A Holiday Reblog. Why? Because it’s easier than actually writing a BoFN post!) ***************************************************************************************************** In the good land of...
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Funny Names in the News 98, Where We Fight Through the Pain With Chimamanda...
Yippy skippy! It’s Funny Names In The News again! Ignore for a moment the obscene gesture (that is a middle finger… or third phalange for the sticklers out there) and recognize that that’s not what a...
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Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods, and Sparkle Lee Headline a Punchy Funny Names in...
Get on your Sparklehorses, folks! It’s another star-studded edition of Funny Names in the News… now completing its second year (104 weeks means 2 years, right? Right?!?) First off, we’re going to lead...
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Funny Names in the News 106, with Kristaps Porzingis, Panda’s Friend, Santa,...
Yo yo yo, it’s time for a Fabulous Friday Funny Names in the News – now celebrating its 106th edition! Is it summer already… I guess it is… and you know what that means! Right? Right?? Kristaps will...
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Happy Independence Day – And Now For Something (Kind of) Completely Different
This is our 600th post on the Blog of Funny Names – not nearly as impressive as Kerbey’s 1000th post, but still pretty cool! This has us all in a celebratory mood at BoFN HQ… but wait, isn’t there...
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Carew Papritz, Cowboy Author
There comes a time in every funny names aficionado’s life when you come across a person so well named, so compelling named you need to talk about it. This is one of those times. I’m sitting in the...
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Funny Names in the News 109, where we celebrate the 80’s and a Birthday...
Could it be Friday again already?!? Totally mah’gotally folks! I swear that’s a phrase! Someone told me it was last week, so it’s gotta be true. Tall buff redhead dudes don’t lie! Reba and Narvel, with...
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