{"id":382,"date":"2006-10-25T08:21:05","date_gmt":"2006-10-25T16:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devradowrite.com\/?p=382"},"modified":"2006-10-25T08:21:05","modified_gmt":"2006-10-25T16:21:05","slug":"uniquely-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devradowrite.com\/?p=382","title":{"rendered":"Uniquely Yours"},"content":{"rendered":"

It amazes me how much time people spend creating neat stuff to see and do on the World Wide Web. And my mind boggles at the amount of time very busy people spend surfing and discovering these things. Bloggers do it a lot, and they may be the chief disseminator of such \u00e2\u20ac\u201c myself among them. How Many Of Me<\/strong><\/a> is a goody I picked up from Terry Teachout<\/strong><\/a>, who got it from Tinkerty Tonk<\/strong><\/a>, who got it from Charles<\/strong><\/a>, who got it from Swirlspice<\/strong><\/a>, who got it from Lauren<\/strong><\/a>. Seems like I’m in good company.<\/p>\n

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HowManyOfMe.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Logo\"<\/a><\/td>\nThere are:<\/span>
\n0<\/span>
\npeople with my name
\nin the U.S.A.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

How many have your name?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Based on data from the US Census Bureau, no one on their list has my first name, but then they say that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153around 1 out of every 10 people will have a first name not on the list\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and over the years I have met a few others with the name Devra. Their list includes 599,937 people in the U.S. with the last name Hall and by their calculations it is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153statistically the 26th most popular last name.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d But the kicker is they list 12 famous people with the last name Hall, and notonly was Jim Hall<\/strong><\/a> not among them, but I had never heard of any of them! So, of course, I googled them all:<\/p>\n

1. Alexander Hall: Director\/film editor\/actor born in 1894. (Ancient as I might feel, he was a little before my time.)<\/p>\n

2. Anthony Michael Hall: Star of The Dead Zone<\/em>. (Not my speed.)<\/p>\n

3. Dante Hall: (courtesy of Wikipedia) an NFL kick\/punt returner, and wide receiver, known as the “Human Joystick” in the NFL for his moves during kick returns. (I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t watch much football; lost interest after Joe Namath started hawking panty hose.)<\/p>\n

4. Jerry Hall: the supermodel\/actress a\/k\/a Mick Jagger’s long-time companion\/wife. (I should have known this one, but I was thinking \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Jerry\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was a guy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name.)<\/p>\n

5. Jon Hall: Beefcake co-star of Maria Montez in the most popular movies in Technicolor which were made between 1942 and 1945. (Again, this predates me.)<\/p>\n

6. Kevin Peter Hall: Actor who was frequently cast in monster roles due to his extremely tall stature\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhe stood 7′ 2\u00c2\u00bd” \u00e2\u20ac\u201c at age 36 he died of AIDS contracted from a blood transfusion. (Monster flicks are not a part of my limited movie experience.)<\/p>\n

7. Michael C. Hall: Young tv actor on Six Feet Under and Dexter. (I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve heard about Six Feet Under, but never seen it. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like having to pay for tv reception and refuse to pay for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153premium\u00e2\u20ac\u009d channels.)<\/p>\n

8. Patrick Hall: Could they mean the kid in his mid twenties who was on American Idol?! (Fame ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t what it used to be.)<\/p>\n

9. Philip Baker Hall: Character actor. (Didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t recognize the name, but the face is familiar. I probably saw him in recent years on TV — Without A Trace<\/em>, Boston Legal<\/em>, and\/or West Wing<\/em>. Now you know what I watch.)<\/p>\n

10. Regina Hall: Actress (She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in a bunch of movies I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not likely to ever see.)<\/p>\n

11. Toby Hall: baseball catcher for the Dodgers. (I still think of them as the Brooklyn Dodgers, so you know that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not a good source for the current roster.)<\/p>\n

12. Robert David Hall: Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Al Robbins from the original CSI. (Finally, one I knew \u00e2\u20ac\u201c not by name, but unlike Philip Baker Hall who merely looked familiar, I could positively ID this body.)<\/p>\n

Having nothing better to do \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and desiring to perfect my skills in the craft of procrastination \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I then tried my married name. They note 41,996 people in the U.S. with the last name Levy (tied with 57 other last names for 831st most popular last name) and cite three who are famous. Again, my cultural IQ seems lacking as I never heard of Canadian actor Eugene Levy; football coach Marv Levy, now general manager for the Buffalo Bills; or Shawn Levy, another actor\/director with a list of credits for things I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never seen.<\/p>\n

And now folks, I really do need to get back to work. With any luck, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll catch up with myself and get back to a more regular\/consistent blogging schedule. Until then…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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