tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post2512696774027392008..comments2024-02-07T21:24:37.121-08:00Comments on Blogtrotter: Can you call me Jack?John L. Murphy / "FionnchĂș"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875695.post-67886075384914405202009-09-16T09:22:31.963-07:002009-09-16T09:22:31.963-07:00I had the good fortune to work with a kid named Br...I had the good fortune to work with a kid named Brooklyn this summer. She had excellent taste in music, at age 11 or 12, and she wasn't a problem at all -- of course she wasn't a he.<br /><br />A kid named Briar proved to need a little more motivating, although in the end, he was super.<br /><br />It was a kid named Nakoda, however, who was the biggest handful, but underneath it all, he was still a good kid--just in need of an occasional short leash.<br /><br />I sometimes beware certain spellings of names. Anyone who ends in an 'i' usually raises my eyebrow. Hyphenated people make me suspicious, too.VBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17623621297708240076noreply@blogger.com