one for the FAQ.

i've had a number of people ask me recently about the name “sweetney” and where it comes from. some of you know about this, but for those who don't: it is a term of endearment bandied about between my husband jamie, my daughter M_ (well, we call her it), and myself. as far as origins go, long story short: several years back there was a pretty decent georgetown basketball player whose name was Mike Sweetney (i believe he's since gone pro, but i'm not sure which team he's on), and during one televised college game i joked incessantly to jamie about how “cute” the name was -- sort of mocking the player/name (via the television screen) by chiding in a sickly-sweet baby-talk type voice: “awww, poor sweetney! he missed the wittle two-point shot! awwwwww!” etcetera etcetera, ad infinitum (imagine this mocking going on for the duration of the game). our daily use of it as a sort-of-mocking/joking-slash-loving/petnamish term of endearment followed quickly.

you may all go throw up now.