His first name is Benjamin, but he usually goes by "Bald." Bald has been posting travel videos since 2018. His passion is anything Soviet Union, but he will take the time to learn a language before he visits a place -- not only Russian, but Spanish, say. It's important for him to have the ability to speak to people in their native tongue. On Friday, April 18, Bald posted a video called "Solo on Ukraine's Eastern Front." So far it's generated 2.7 million views, and based on viewer average, it will likely go over 5 million views. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3HRnwC6pso Most of his videos are in the neighborhood of an hour in length. In them, he usually establishes where he is and what his goal for being there is. He will start somewhere and then go seek out a place, without knowing exactly what he will find there. For the latest Ukraine video, he starts at the Kiev train station. It's been 3 years, he says, since he last visited Ukraine, and he h...
I'm all for unique names. It's a good thing I don't have kids and only rabbits. Just ask Buff(alo), Sir Huffs, Mr. Cordial, Ratty and Fatty. Check out this Slate article on the topic which we discuss in one of my classes:
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The full treatment of baby names in the book "Freakonomics" is great too.
--DW
Have you read anything by Steven Pinker? I'm anxious to begin "The Stuff of Thought."
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