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So we had a crazy fun day - went to a Travelers game. They lost in the 9th inning. They had a 7 run lead, 1 more out to get and then the wheels fell off the wagon. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen a team meltdown like that. Pretty sad. 11-10 Springfield Cardinals took them down.
Now, on to the Val/Valerie issue. It is true that Val/Valerie has commented before that she prefers Valerie but is cool with me calling her Val. This is of course similiar to the issue that we discussed here about screen names versus real names.
It can get all confusing because - I don’t think I’ve ever called Val Valerie…however….everyone else does. What’s up with that? Am I intentionally rude or just lovingly close to her? It’s a toss up. She doesn’t mind me calling her that…but if you did - you’d be in deep weeds.
One of the other reasons I don’t call her Valerie is that every time I hear that name I bust into song. Ahhhh, the ’80’s.
Tags: Steve Winwood, Travelers, Valerie
3 responses so far ↓
1 rob // May 21, 2006 at 11:45 am
You’ve just got to roll with it, baby.
2 Jerry // May 21, 2006 at 2:48 pm
Man, you are in the elite section. The only other person I know of that can call her Val is Tom. I do it when it’s necessary to yank on her chain, and it’s always produces the desired effect. Unfortunately she has just as many effective rebuttals…..
3 Tom // May 23, 2006 at 1:28 am
Just bought the song on iTunes. I figured I need to own the song with my wife’s namesake. The funny thing is that although I know the song, I had no idea that it was called Valerie.
I’ve realized that I totally didn’t pay attention to lyrics as a teenager. In my mind this song was “Call on me, Call on me, Call on me . . . ” without the Valerie part. This seems to be happening to me regularly. When I listen to a song as an adult, the lyrics are clear to me. How did I miss them back then.
Thanks for setting me straight and thanks for the song tip.
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