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Our Namesake

Dave (from the neighboring office here at work) stopped by to inform my office-fellow Ryan that his wife had a son last week.

I’ve not mentioned Dave on the blog before; he’s a good-natured fellow who we often say “Hi” to in the office. He works for a different organization that shares our building. Sometimes he’ll stop in and we’ll give each other beer recommendations.

In any case, the kicker of this short story is that he and his wife named their son “Ryan James.” Afterward, he sat in the hospital and thought to himself “why does that sound so familiar?” Perhaps he should have asked Ryan and James back at the office.

I guess it’s a form of flattery, albeit an unintentional one. If he hated us, he probably would have shied away from the names.