What's in a name?

 Have you ever noticed that we need to be able to understand who people are to feel comfortable around them? I mean it's obvious that this is a generalized statement of the masses but I believe it is a fair general assessment that most of us would fall under. Imagine if you will, you are at a social gathering standing with a group of people when a friend of a friend walks up and joins the conversation. Your buddy turns to you and says "Blake, this is Ken....Ken this is my buddy Blake" you shake hands and then after a minute you turn to Ken and say..." So, Ken! What do you do for a living? Followed by a barrage of questions that help you understand who Ken is, where he's from, who he knows at the party, married?Kids? etc etc.
Why do we do it? Why do we need to categorize someone? I think it helps us to understand what they are like, we tend to fill in the blanks- make assumptions- and the more "pertinent" information we gather the better able we are to make a mental image of the individual.
How many times have you met someone and said...." Hmmm he doesn't seem like a "Bert".....seems more like a Kevin or a Trevor. Now we've taken it one step further and are able to conjure up an assumed personality of a person based on past experiences of others of the same and different names. I can say for sure that I wasn't thinking this deeply when we named our children, I think I was too much in shock....and I wasn't the one who delivered them. But really you have to ask yourself what's in a name?
For example, given that this is a blog about the guy....What does "Fillmore" mean?

• Your name of Fillmore gives you a highly sensitive, idealistic,and intuitive nature.        
• -hmmm, ok a little out there but I'll go with it
• You could be expressive and creative in the arts, music, or drama.
  

-I'd love for people to look at Fillmore and think that!                    

• Moods are a problem as you can be highly inspired one minute, and the next become quite irritated and annoyed over some ill-timed remark or lack of consideration on the part of someone close to you.                                                                                          -OK now we are getting into an arena that is kind of spooky
• You could suffer through nervous breakdowns, as well as disturbing thoughts, which could affect your concentration and memory.

          -And finally I didn't want to hear this because it rings true....one minute everything is running fine, the next minute Fillmore throws a temper tantrum and I'm having him towed to the garage.

Well, whether it's hocus-pocus or not to anticipate someones personality based on their name, the fact remains that we all need to label someone to some degree to help understand them.  

As such it was time to put the name plate on Fillmore...

Last order of business for the rear end work was fabricating a license plate holder.

Shawn jumped on the opportunity to recycle, you'll notice the 1/2" round stock that he used to 'border the name plate. That was the original linkage from the accelerator pedal to the carburetor, it ran on the inside under the floor the entire length of the bus.

A subtle little touch of creating a reverse curve to the plate relative to the bumper and body.

Presentation is can make or break a pitch......the Vanna White and Most interesting man in the world....may cause this gem a little more harm than good.