I’ve always been really bad at naming things.
When I was a kid I had 3 dogs, a cat and a couple of fish. The dogs were named Lucky, Snoopy and Rover and the cat’s name was Morris. I called my goldfish Flipper and the ugly bug-eyed black fish never even got a name.
Ugh. I obviously had no parental guidance in the ‘imaginative naming’ department and despite the fact that my skill hasn’t improved much in subsequent years, I still persist in giving everything from trucks to trinkets a name.
But my failing becomes your opportunity.
Simply come up with another name for “Happy” (a.k.a. “Howdy”), the wood sculpture bear that graces my office (shown left) and also seen in my home office video tour.
Post a name in the Comments below before Decebmer 15th, 2007 and the person that supplies the chosen name will win a $25 Amazon Gift Certificate.
(Note: ONE name per comment only, please… and in the event that multiple submissions are made for the winning name, the first person to post that name will win the certificate.) 
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About Rosalind Gardner
lol, some really sinspired names there. I love cinnamon, half my family are on that side of the water, so I know how obsessed you canuks are with it :p
Hows about “Lord Tennyson” or “Alfy Ten”? Got the last line of ‘Ulysses’ by my machine, helps to inspire sometimes:
“To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
Could even try ‘ALT’ for short :p
-Mark
Hi Rosalind,
Here’s the name for the bear…Buster. He just looks like “Buster, the bear” to me.
How about SAL,
S-UPER
A-FFILIATE
L-LOVER
Geat for a male or female bear’s name.
Hope that’s not too corny! LOL
Having endeared “Country Bear Jamboree” at Disneyland for years, I reckun your office buddy surely answers to Wilbur!
Hi there Rosalind!
I think Ursus would be a great name for your happy office bear. It is a strong and yet simple name. Ursus is Latin for bear.
how about chamee?
Definately … Boo Boo
Coco
call it Unique, it doesnt have a match, its so special!
Hi, Rosalind:
You obviously didn’t mean it when you said ‘one name per comment please’, so here goes:
Camelot, Beethoven, Chester, Sylvester, Trevor, Morgan, Roosevelt, Churchill, Romeo, Fortescue, Balthazar, Max, Cronkite, Dudley, Monty, Pee Wee, Timber, Jeeves, Ribby, Gulliver, Barnaby, Caspar, Beechum, or Boris.
If s/he has a penchant for skirts, then how about: Anemone, Gracie, Mattie, Beatrix, Mittens, Molly, or Truffle?
Food for thought.
Actually, I WAS serious about one name per comment, so to make things fair for everyone…
… where MORE than one name per comment was entered, only the first suggestion will be considered as their entry.
So, if you like one of the subsequent suggestions… feel free to grab it while it’s HOT.
Hi Rosalind,
How about Afflie (that’s short for affiliate)
Mordechai
Judging by the differing directions each hand is pointing, I wish to suggest “Platostotle, the Philosopher Bear.”
Ros, you’ve got a great selection of names here! How will you
EVER decide? I know I couldn’t.
Along the line of my first suggestion, I’d like
to add “Webster”. He looks like a boy bear
to me…
Best of luck with choosing,
-Karen
how about toti? or pelo?
Alejandro
HiLife
is what s/he is calling to me.
Ros:
How about chippy?
Hi Rosalind,
How about Roamster (the travelling bear)?
Ciao,
Maureen
Tymook pronounced (Ty- mook) (The bear has eyes like my son (big, wide and to the soul) and my son’s ncik name is (Mookie)
My suggestion for the bear is Mahto, which is Lakota for bear. its pronounced ma-tow. He’s just too cute.
If it’s a boy bear and he appears to be made of wood – Woodrow.
Won’t quite work if it’s a girl bear.
I like Paws The Bear
Sorry I posted more than one name in my initial post. I posted really early and don’t remember those instructions being there. . .:)
So, I’ll make a couple of posts!
Balthazar
Plato
Socrates