What's in a Name?

Warning: I am surprisingly inarticulate today, having had ZERO caffeine since Friday, and that was just a few sips of green tea alongside some fantabulous sushi. (What, you didn't know lack of caffeine causes verbal impotence? Duh!)

Today's my father's birthday. He was born 62 years ago in what was then Palestine, which I find extremely interesting considering the country of his birth is now technically non-existent. I suppose some West Germans and Yugoslavians have that problem, too. Anyway, I'm glad Dad was born because if he weren't, I would not be here typing this and because of that, you'd be reading someone else's pointless ramblings while my domain name would likely go unused for all eternity.

Several people have asked me how I came up with "Ayelet Like It Is" and for that I must thank my friend Seth, to whom I confided many years ago that my secret career fantasy was to write a weekly syndicated column, a la Dave Barry, Joyce Maynard (whose column I loved as a teenager), Jack Smith, et al. Back then, Time Out New York featured a wonderful, often hilarious personal column, each week penned by a different author, each with a clever title culled from their own given name. For example, Brett Martin's column was called "My Favorite Martin." You get the picture. That column, by any one of the handful of writers they featured, was the first page I flipped to when Time Out appeared in my mailbox each week.

Anyway, Seth was the crafty cutie who came up with "Ayelet Like It Is" and encouraged me to find employment as a columnist for the sole purpose of putting his innovation to use. Well, in lieu of said employment (wouldn't it be, like, awesome if blog-writing could PAY?), I'm resigned to using Seth's creative moniker merely to provide this lil' blog a name. So thank you, Seth. Who knows what the hell I would have called this thing were it not for you?

Posted by ayelet at January 10, 2005 01:52 PM | TrackBack