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Name: Jerome
Variation(s): Gerome, Jerrome
Origin: Greek
Definition: Holy name
Usage: St. Jerome was the Christian scholar responsible for the Latin Vulgate (popular) translation of the Bible at the end of the fourth century. In the medieval era the name was familiar in a variety of forms, including the Italian Geronimo and the Spanish Jeronimo (pronounced and sometimes spelled Hieronimo). The latter is the name of a principal character in Kyd's Spanish Tragedy (1594), the first great revenge thriller of the English theater. Nearly three centuries later the same version of the name came to American attention in an odd way. It was taken by the leader of an Indian uprising of the 1880s, one of the last in United States history. The settlers in the southwest pronounced it with a "G" and called him Geronimo, thus unwittingly giving the Apache chieftain an Italian name.
Author J. D. (Jerome David) Salinger; comedian Jerry Seinfeld.



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Laid - and not the fun kind

I was laid off June 2nd. Not due to any performance problems - but budgetary constraints and restructuring of the dept. I'm mostly relieved. I wasn't born for 9 to 5 - I'm a musician and should be making music. I plan to move to Madison , WI within the coming months and perhaps go to grad school. I'll be closer to Chicago - friends I have there - although, not many - maybe one or two. I had more - friends with whom I had gone through my undergrad years. However, they've moved on - focused on other things, other people. Love, power and money can turn a friend blind - the sad part being that they usually don't know it. I wish them health and happiness....

As for my life - it's still being written - a symphony unfinished - the ink still wet on the parchment. Let's hope Madison isn't anything like the evil that lurks under the guise of "Minnesota Nice." I don't want nice - I want real.

I need to get my fingers back in shape. I need to survive the transition out of here. I'm alone here. Very alone.

Perhaps new friends are in my furture - and friends who will stick. Aren't friends supposed to stick? Even when the going gets tough? Yes.

Perhaps a little disappointed I am - but I don't apologize for it.

Well, let's see what happens.