Feist

Just a little reminder that Feist, Ms. Feist, Leslie is appearing on the Conan O'Brien show tonight. The other guests include Hell's Kitchen chef-man Gordon Ramsay and comedio-actor (I made that up) Rob Corddry. Have you ever wondered about his unusual last name—Rob Corddry's—while still in the mind-set of making things up? I just did a little search and found his explanation on the New York Times website:



"My great-grandfather changed the name from Cordery to Corddry around the turn of the last century because his wife said it looked better on his lumber company’s sign."



It seems possible that Cordery/Corddry is a Scottish name, could be Irish, but let's continue smashing ideas together, and now consider the Scots. Gordon Ramsay is from the land of Scots and, since we now know more about the Corddrys, it seems only fair to shake more fruit from the tree of search engine to learn a bit about Gordon's history. I had heard that the Scots invented modern day Capitalism, and while I'm not sure if this is true, they apparently inaugurated the notion of branch banking. Scots comprise less than one-half of 1 percent of the world’s population, and yet 11 percent of Nobel prizes have been awarded to these Scotch drinkers. 15% of Canadians are of Scottish descent and 61% of American Presidents are of Scots or Scots-Irish descent. If you're wondering if a rogue Scottish hacker invaded this site, nae, you are mistaken mukker.



Feist is a German word, by the way. More on this after too many coffees another day.