Author Archives: Mark Sackler

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"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."-Alan Kay; let's invent a better future, together.

5th Annual Poll: Funniest Names In The 2017 NFL Draft

Posted on April 22, 2017

Note, this post occurs concurrently on The Millennium Conjectures.   I also blog and podcast on futurist topics at Seeking Delphi. “They certainly give very strange names to diseases.”–Plato Polls are open.  Scroll to bottom of post to vote. Due to my discovery that … Continue reading →

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Taylor Harry Fritz–er, or is it Fritz Harry Taylor?

Posted on June 14, 2016

“Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row.”–Vitas Gerulaitis when he finally beat Jimmy Connors after losing to him 16 straight times. Here at The Blog of Funny Names, we’ve always had a fascination with people who have two last … Continue reading →

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4th Time’s the Charm: Funniest Names in the 2016 NFL Draft

Posted on April 27, 2016

“If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead”–Erma Bombeck” “Rats, suspended again,” said Tom, deflated.** **If you’re too young to remember Tom Swifties, check out the history here. It’s that magical time … Continue reading →

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Funny Names in British History

Posted on July 14, 2015

“When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.”–Bette Midler When one thinks about British History, the names that come to mind are not all that funny.   Funny Names?  Maybe funny numbers?  Henry VIII…Richard III…Elizabeth II? … Continue reading →

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Milana Vayntrub–who?

Posted on May 19, 2015

“Apparently, we love our cell phones but hate everyone else’s”-Joe Bob Briggs Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub (b. March 8, 1987,  Tashkent, Uzbekistan) is an American actress whom you may not have heard of,  but you have probably seen.   She plays … Continue reading →

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