Huntur Raye Lane...

Drew and Shannon are the parents of a little girl, born yesterday. The only information Drew could offer when he called was the sex of the newborn (female) and the approximate weight (7-8 pounds). When pressed for more information, he admitted all the parts arrived in the right quantities and locations.

The name they selected for the child is Huntur Raye Lane.

Being the nerdy geek that I am, I did an Internet search on the name "Huntur" which drew pretty much of a blank, except for an export-import site for a Hungarian company and an entry at a site devoted to "Kabalarian philosophy."

This latter site seems very focused on how "name creates mind," and offers name reports. This is what they had to say about Huntur:

As Huntur, you have a natural interest in the welfare of your fellow man, and a desire to help and serve others in a humanitarian way. You are responsible and generous, although somewhat scattering and disorganized at times. Any jobs requiring systematic and conscientious effort, or involving any form of drudgery, dismay you. In your work, you would seek a position offering self-expression through contact with people, such as sales or teaching, or a position giving scope to your creative, artistic talents. You are good-natured and likeable, and people tend to confide in you and seek your advice in personal problems. Others sense your sincere interest and desire to help, and you can always be counted on to see the bright side of any problem. You enjoy making others happy and you never let your own problems "get you down" for any length of time, even though you do tend to worry too much at times. Your optimism can be a source of inspiration to others as well as yourself. In close personal relationships you are usually thoughtful and considerate. However, your natural interest in others, coupled with your sympathetic reaction to problems, could draw you into emotional situations which may be difficult to get out of. Health weakness would appear as skin conditions or ailments relative to the liver. A tendency to overeat quick-energy foods aggravates any health problems.

The notion of name affecting mind is interesting. Every so often you'll see media pieces noting the most popular/common names, complete with advice not to scar a baby for life with an unusual name, since such names (it is said) alienate teachers, bosses, prospective spouses, and so on.

I don't know how true such a hypothesis might be. If you look at the first names of men who became U.S. President, you encounter names in the 20th century such as Ronald, Gerald, Lyndon, Dwight, Franklin, Herbert, Woodrow, Calvin, and names such as Grover and Millard in the 19th century. All very unusual names for people who - performance in office notwithstanding - had to have more than a modicum of drive and ambition to achieve high elected office.

Anyway...

Yesterday's translation after the close of the shop was murder. While I was able to lay down about 600 words per hour onto phosphor, there are simply too many words left to do before the deadline. I finally got to sleep around 2 am, with just over 5000 source words left to translate.

I've submitted a pretty pessimistic status report to my client this morning. It looks like I'll be in the store all day today, too, which means I'll not be able to resume work on the translation until about 6. (Closing at 5 pm doesn't mean I can go home at 5 pm!) The only positive note about the situation is that, had I not had to staff the store yesterday and today, I'd have gotten the job done handily.

As it is, I'm going to take a few pages to the store to do during the slow moments. I hope the tactic doesn't backfire.

Cheers...

...another great one passes on.

"When you're conducting an overall career -- be it in acting or golf -- it's a selfish process. You must believe totally in what you are doing even if it is garbage."
-- Jack Lemmon (1925-2001)

An interesting notion from a remarkable man. I cannot say I was any kind of rabid fan of Lemmon's but after a while, his performances became something you could count on as enjoyable and, sometimes, mind-bending (his Pulver in Mister Roberts was great).

Now, both halves of "The Odd Couple" are gone... they will be missed.

Cheers...

The simple facts of the case...

Drew called this morning... the family will probably be returning to Pagosa tonight. In the meantime, he regaled me with the following facts:

Huntur Raye Lane was born at 6:52 pm, local time. She weighed 8 lb, 2.9 oz at birth, and was 20" long. The circumference of the head was measured at 13-1/2 inches; the chest circumference was 13-1/3 inches. Shannon was in labor, say the doctors, for 11 hr, 22 min.

The father describes the baby as "perfect," and adds she has a fine mop of black hair.

I beg to differ on the "black hair" part of the description, based on the following picture:

Otherwise, the boy is right... the kid is perfect.

Cheers...