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On living in Southern California (where I no longer reside) and the origin of Stella! The other day at school, an expectant mom was talking about how much she loved the name Stella. I agreed, “Oh, me, too. Such a classic name.” Kid you not, another mom said, “Oh, I love it, too. It’s from Sesame Street, right?” Um, what? The pregnant mom and I looked at her like she was high. “I’m sorry, come again?” Skipper responded, “Yeah. Surely you know Sesame Street, right? They do this funny ‘Stella!’ thing. I don’t know what it is, but it makes me laugh every time.” Face palm. I try really, really, hard not to correct people. So, I didn’t. Yet I couldn’t help but ask, “Have you heard of, oh, a little play called A Streetcar Named Desire maybe? Kinda famous? Written by Tennessee Williams? Won a Pulitzer, some Tonys, a few Academy Awards?” (blank stare) “Starred Marlon Brando?” “No. Is he famous?” Sigh. I live in a cartoon. ~ from Mancode: Exposed (soon in print from Booktrope)
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 04:42:38 +0000

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