Kathleen Azevedo:  

Life Azevedo is the Portuguese form of the name Zebedee, which means "gift of God" in Aramaic. My Dad was brusque and hurt my feelings a lot. He called me Pasquale, because I was always squalling (crying). It means "Easter" in Italian. My Portuguese grandmother, as well as her mother, were each named Maria. My Dad's paternal grandfather was named Joseph. I have 2 great-uncles named Manuel (the Portuguese form of the name Emmanuel, meaning "God is with us."), one on each side of the family. My favorite elementary teacher was Robert (which means "bright fame") Jiminez (H'menes, meaning Priest in Mayan.) My favorite in Jr. Hi was Mr. Shepard.(!) The guys I was most interested in in high school were named Simon and Peter. In BBG, they compared me to the story of Ruth. The summer after my freshman year (UCD), a man who I thought I recognized sauntered to my place of work, a place of refreshment on Taraval, to ask for donations for his favorite charity. I told him I left my purse at home, but would he be in the area tomorrow? He said he would not, and asked if I were that friendly to everyone. I answered, "I try to be!" I had thought he was Johnny Mathis, whom he described as a "sissy", but he told me he was Sammy Davis, Jr.! (Here comes da judge!) My roommate in college (UC at Davis) was named Virginia. Her 2 best friends back home in San Diego were named Mary and Martha. I met Mary, a really funny, naive, dingbat. She looked like a nun, only she wore red lipstick. I dated guys with names like Bartholomew, Thaddaeus, Thomas, John, James, etc. (For those who follow this line of reasoning, Oren Ridenour's middle name is Matthias, and the name Lazarus is the Latin form of the name Eliezer.) One roommate dated an enology (winemaking) major, and he taught us how to turn water into wine (using cornmeal, sugar, yeast and lemons.) After a few weeks fermenting in the bathtub (we all took showers for a few weeks in the other bathroom), we had a brew reminiscent of white R...Expand for more