When the name Tyna appear on my Uber app I immediately began considering the possible pronunciations. After thoughtful consideration, I determined the most probable selection and greeted my passenger with a hearty, "Good evening, Tina!" She chuckled at my attempt, but admitted that "no one gets it right". And why, you might ask? Because the pronunciation of her name defies logic! Her name is pronounced "Tonya"! That's right! Teachers, friends, co-workers, relatives, along wit

One evening while driving in the downtown district of Cape Coral, I picked up a most interesting passenger. He was a well dressed, older gentleman who had just completed a comedy performance at the Cape Cabaret. Michael Wally Walters is from Olympia, Washington and has been a comedian for 38 years! In 2011, after battling cancer and finding himself bald, people began telling him that he looked like Don Rickles. With this encouragement, Micheal began a diligent study of this l

One evening I received a trip request from a person with the unique name, "Noemi". My initial thought was that it was a typographical error and that the name was intended to be "Naomi". I quickly came to find out that I was wrong and that her name was, indeed, Noemi! She and her husband were a fun-loving couple headed out for a night on the town! Noemi's parents immigrated to the United States from Puerto Rico, but she was born in Detroit, Michigan as a member of a large and