littera enim occidit

I should not be allowed to name children.  right now my front-runner for a boy is Shadrach and for a girl it’s River.

what the hell do you shorten Shadrach to?  Shaddy?  Shad? ‘Raq?  what kind of gay neopagan names their children after obscure old-testament figures?  people would think he was 17th century Puritan.  Shadrach Scarborough.  see to the cows and outten the lights, Shadrach. 

I’d be strongly considering Galen, but Galen with gay dads just sounds like you’re begging for a horrible middle school experience.  he’s already likely to have a hyphenated last name.  it’s just sad.

these are my moderated choices.  in a perfect world I’d be considering Niccoli Diogenes and Ilyena Selene.