Fla. Woman Dies of Flesh-Eating Bacteria

8 rays of sunshine:

sj said...: That's the kind of news that makes me even more paranoid about the world around me!; 7:44 AM
Kristen said...: ok, monk! i actually read the article the the death sounded like an unusual thing, probably b/c of a weakened immune system...she got a cut while in a river and got the bacteria in the wound. but it sounded like while it wasn't unusual to get sick from this, DEATH was.; 12:29 PM
sj said...: The third season of Monk just came out on DVD, by the way.; 6:10 PM
Unknown said...: thats one pretty freaky headline!; 4:40 PM
Geoffrey said...: The award for the longest name for a person belongs to a German immigrant to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The name he was given at birth, and which somehow fit on his passport was:

(First and "middle" names)
Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert
Irvim John Kenneth Loyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy
Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor Willian Xerxes Yancy
Zeus

(Last name)
Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwarengewissenhaf
tschaferswesenchafewarenwholgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschut
zenvonangereifenduchihrraubgiriigfeindewelchevorralternzwolf
tausendjahresvorandieerscheinenbanderersteerdeemmeshedrraums
chiffgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefah
rthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelshegeha
btbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevanver
standigmenshlichkeittkonntevortpflanzenundsicherfreunanleben
slamdlichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvonandere
rintlligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum

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or you could try Kim, Bill, etc

good luck; 2:43 AM
Kristen said...: WOW! That's amazing! i had a great-great (?) grandmother who was named something like Celia Osee Ardena Francis Knowlin & i thought that was a long name!; 9:07 AM
sj said...: And her last name was Agee, I think. Quite a name!; 5:39 PM
sj said...: By the way, did you change your blog settings? Adam got lots of wierd comments and had to change his settings to control it a little. Maybe I should change mine before I get something wierd, too!; 5:48 PM