brian clegg

Inspirational stuff.

This is a trailer for the short "Las Palmas" by Johannes Nyholm, and it's awesome. See more info here: http://www.johannesnyholm.se

I know, I know - Brian's a pretty wacky name. I hear it all the time.

But believe it or not, names are getting even more crazy than when my parents branded me.

In New Zealand, they are starting to disallow or overturn names given to kids. According to BBC News, the following names have been disallowed or reversed:

• Sex Fruit
• Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii
• Yeah Detroit
• Keenan Got Lucy
  

Odd that they'd do that. I mean, who doesn't know at least 2 or 3 people named Sex Fruit? Thank goodness they were reasonable enough to approve 'Number 16 Bus Shelter'.

On a related note, the parents of Adolf Hitler Campbell (age 4), JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell (3), and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell (2) had their kids taken away from them for being unfit parents and maybe having some psychological problems. Go figure.

This is the first I've heard of the government stepping in to prevent the names of kids, and generally I honestly don't know how I feel about it, but for some reason it doesn't seem so unreasonable in these cases.

I never went to camp as a kid, but here's a book full of letters from kids that did: P.S. I Hate It Here

Every parent says their baby can dance, but it usually involves little more than a hip wiggle. I'm officially envious of a toddler.

Favorite move is at 2:20.