Wednesday, August 8, 2012

What's in a name?

I received the following email from my dad detailing where my Squid nickname came from.  It seemed appropriate to share here. His words: 

"BTW, you got the nickname Squid from when you were very little and liked to have what you called a "toughie" with me.  You always stood on my chest or stomach or gave me a "choking problem" by straddling my neck.  Those actions coupled with the fact that I could never seem to keep all of your appendages under control at the same time led me to saying that you were like fighting a squid with all of its tentacles." 

And the rest is history, as they say.  I distinctly remember giving him a "choking problem" by sitting on his trachea (it was one of my favorite games as a kid), I just didn't realize that was where my nickname came from :)


And now, to totally mangle Shakespeare:  



What's in a name? That which we call a neurosquid
By any other name would smell as sweet.




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