Monthly Archives: July 2011

Oh Na Na…What’s My Name?

Written on July 25, 2011 at 4:42 pm, by Carlin Adelson

Let’s face it: names kind of do matter. It’s the very first impression. We all know that girls whose names end in ‘i’ where there is usually a ‘y’ are considered stripper-slutty (examples: Jami, Ashli, Mandi), certain biblical names make us uncomfortable because of their origins (Judas? You wouldn’t let him take you out toContinue Reading

Adam’s Rib

Written on July 25, 2011 at 3:43 pm, by Carlin Adelson

A hot guy named Adam recently moved into my building. He had an air of familiarity to him, which I assumed was just neurons firing at the hot-person-type I go for, and evidence to my theory that I am attracted to guys named Adam. Then I felt the air of a pre-disaster: it was aContinue Reading

The Bubble

Written on July 18, 2011 at 2:07 pm, by Carlin Adelson

There was once an episode of How I Met Your Mother in which Ted introduces a new love interest to his group of friends (surprise!); the catch, this time around, at least, was that she had this profoundly annoying quality to her that Ted failed to notice until all of his friends burst his bubble.Continue Reading