I found the timing of this post to be pretty serendipitous given our exchange. lil, you had no knowledge of this ahead of time, right? Just want to confirm that we weren't in cahoots.

As for the name tag idea, nice work! Did it last till noon? Being a substitute teacher for an 8th grade class sounds like my definition of hell :) That is precisely the age when I was the worst to any authority figures. I saw substitutes as a means by which I could "entertain" my classmates through their humiliation. I wonder if substitute lil could have handled 8th grade new green?

Regarding names, I was out to dinner with a friend last night that is about to have their first child. They don't know the sex yet and have several names for each gender picked out. We both agreed that names seem less important to men. My name is Steven and I don't think about that very often. I honestly don't care. My wife loves her name and I know women that hate their names. I don't really know any men that have an opinion either way on their own names. Does anyone have a similar experience or am I way off here?