Mar 30 2012

    Baby Names And Band Names

    My Conversation With 2012 Juno Award Nominees, Sloan and F**cked Up

    by: Candace Alper

    It’s Juno weekend in Canada and we’re getting ready to honour and celebrate our country’s diverse and talented music community. Last week was Canadian Music Week and I had the chance to talk with two musical Dads. Chris Murphy, father of two boys, is from Toronto-based Sloan, who won Best Alternative Album in 1997 for One Chord To Another, and is nominated this year for Best Rock Album for Double Cross. Josh Zucker, father of one little girl, is from the Toronto-based hardcore punk band, F**cked Up, whose band’s very name is problematic.

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    Mar 27 2012

    Baby-Name Remorse

    Some strategies to use before you trade it in for a new one.

    by: Candace Alper

    When we are faced with deciding what to eat from a restaurant menu that offers everything from all-day breakfast to chicken fingers and fries to filet mignon, some of us become virtually paralyzed. You’re at a table of 4 and your meal comes, the one that you put so much thought and consideration into and of course, you want what your friend is having instead. There is so much too choose from. I think that the same can be said for baby names, but you can’t always send it back or come back next week and try something different.

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    Mar 21 2012

    Name Dropping with The Bachelorette's Trista Sutter

    Keeping it all in the family

    by: Candace Alper

    I love names that are unique when they hold special meaning. I recently sought out Trista Sutter, of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, to talk names. Trista was the runner-up on the first season of The Bachelor and was the first Bachelorette the following year.

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