Sometimes it's hard having an unusual name. For instance, I got a good review of my work from the faculty show, but my name got misspelled in the newspaper.

As such, the wife and I have decided on having more normal names for the little boy.

For a while I was championing 'Ronin Maverick'. My buddy Kyle talked me out of that one by saying, "If you kid is not an utter bad ass, he's going to get beat up every day."

That more than anything was the most compelling arguement.

But I think there's some value in having an unusual name. How many 'John Doe's' are famous in history?

I read an article about a two brothers one named Winner and the other named Loser. Loser was successful at life because he had nowhere to go but up. Winner was a failure and couldn't live up to his name.

But overall, I like my name. I like being unique. Hopefully, it will be a name that will be remembered.

Here is a link to the full review.

Went in for some ultrasound shots today. The Philips rep was there trying to sell a new transducer to the doctor. He wasn't liking the wand as much because it didn't fit his hand size as well as the old version which was bigger and more comfortable for him. The nurse liked it and she was happy with the crispier resolution.

I suggested to the Philips rep that they should send out a kit to the doctors that they can grip a piece of clay and send it back and Philips or someone else could make a custom silicone sleeve for the wand so it would fit each doctor's hand.

If they implement it, I'll get no credit as I was just throwing the idea out there, but I'm sure there's a market for ergonomically improving high end medical imaging devices.

I think when I have time I just might visualize this device and see if I can get ahold of the contact info for that Philips rep. Maybe there's some money in it for me.