the naming of

What is in a name? A lot.

Shniggles Snugglesby
He is super snuggly. Every morning after my shower we snuggle while dp shaves and then we give him his pill. If for some reason he is busy with sunning or chasing a mouse or 1/2 an easter egg, I miss him terribly.



Asparagus (Gus) Schnail
Inhabitant of our tank , distant relative to the late Mike Schnail










Prince Caspian
Royalty and thinking about changing his name to *@






Red John
Our serial killer fish. He has been convicted and is facing sentencing for the murder of 9 fish and 1 snail.





Jojo
Yeah Jojo is a girl, so what. She is Jojo and she knows her name and she is a tiny ball of energy and we all love her. Who doesn't love tiny things.





That's not everyone- but just some of the names of my littles. Abbey is just Abbey, she hasn't told me her 3 names yet.











The Naming Of Cats
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey--
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter--
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover--
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
- T. S. Eliot