Nicknames I've Had

03.30.09

While enjoying a beautiful and uproarious day at the beach with some friends on Saturday, I found myself talking to a cheerful girl at a dive bar called the Poop Deck. When introductions were made, she had trouble comprehending my name, as people often do. This prompted her to ask me if I had any nicknames.

Her seemingly innocuous question launched me into a brief period of introspection as I pondered all of the nicknames I've had in my life. My head reeled with the possibilities as I contemplated my answer. After fully wracking my brain, I thus present to you...

Nicknames I've had in my short life thus far
In roughly chronological order:

The Bard (from my parents, when I was a small child)

Shay-man (from my grandpa Mike)

Shamey

Shamrock

Famous Seamus

Shay-moose (from my fourth grade teacher)

Talking Moose

Frank Seraphim

Zaphod

Shame Dog

the Dude

Slim Seamus

Sea (pronounced like the body of water) Moose

Seamus is his name-us

Shaman

Shamanism

Shamey Bear (this one was surprisingly popular)

Osirus

O-sizzle

Oh-sigh to the rus

Shame-dizl

Shame-nasty (this one from the Sagehen baseball team)

Shame-bone

Seami (the plural version of Seamus)

Seamo

Il Americano (while living in Italy)

America (while living in Italy, as in "Hey, America!")

Roch

Shamash

Shom (also spelled "Shaam" or "the Shom")

Shomas

Shomas Jefferson (Just kidding. I made that one up.)

Sham-Wow

Shamzilla

the Shampion

Shammalammadingdong

...and I think that brings us current. Good night.