Comments on: 10/29/10 – Lineage http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=505 Tue, 20 May 2025 03:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kona http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=505&cpage=1#comment-280932 Kona Thu, 09 Apr 2015 17:44:17 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=505#comment-280932 I share your antipathy to the notion of hereditary "value". We may inherit physical characteristics, but nor moral or character ones. I have seen too much difference between even siblings in the same household to believe our ancestors can influence our personality or destiny. I share your antipathy to the notion of hereditary “value”. We may inherit physical characteristics, but nor moral or character ones. I have seen too much difference between even siblings in the same household to believe our ancestors can influence our personality or destiny.

]]> By: Jeffrey Nonken http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=505&cpage=1#comment-117 Jeffrey Nonken Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:37:37 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=505#comment-117 We've named our kids after dead relatives, but it was less to define the kids than it was to honor the relatives. One great-grandparent from each side, used as first and middle respectively. Each of our children is her own person. I still sometimes (almost) wish we'd had a boy. I think "Gordon Matthias" would have been an awesome name. We’ve named our kids after dead relatives, but it was less to define the kids than it was to honor the relatives. One great-grandparent from each side, used as first and middle respectively.

Each of our children is her own person.

I still sometimes (almost) wish we’d had a boy. I think “Gordon Matthias” would have been an awesome name.

]]> By: korthmat http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=505&cpage=1#comment-104 korthmat Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:22:01 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=505#comment-104 ...and that would be why we made a point of not selecting the names of any relatives when naming my kids. I did accidentally get one (I had a great aunt named Catherine, which is my daughter's middle name), but as she's been dead for quite a while, nobody noticed. :) …and that would be why we made a point of not selecting the names of any relatives when naming my kids.

I did accidentally get one (I had a great aunt named Catherine, which is my daughter’s middle name), but as she’s been dead for quite a while, nobody noticed. :)

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