Inspired by this post.
Cecil Adams was okay for its time, I suppose, but if it were down to you to invent a fictional know-all character for your local newpaper, what name would you give him or her?
Currently in Office mode, I’d go for David Brent, I think.
Short and snappy. And kind of inspirational.
And if you don’t like it, you know what you can do.
Best nomination gets submitted to Ed Zotti.
Mister Smartypants
Monty.
Oh wait, that was uncalled for.
<slinks back into lurk mode>
No, that’s excellent: perhaps in its full form Montague.
Has the right sense of preciousness and studiousness.
Cornelius Garamond.
I named one of my co-workers that, after he named me Roxanne Baskerville. 
Dinsdale.
It’s just so… fitting, I guess.
Patrick Hiu.
Arthur Gerund
Kythereia. It just has a certain ring to it. 
(Cecil Adams was good ‘in its time’? Beware the hamsters, my friend!)
Mark McKeveny. No reason why, it just sounds neat.
Thanks for reminding me. We could do with getting rid of “the hamsters” too. Every message board and its dog uses the same tired joke.
Any creative ideas for euphemisms for computer glitches?
Something British. Alec or Colin or Colm Somethingorother.
I like the British idea.
How about: Alistair Montworth
Top hole, but what do you think of “Alasdair” as opposed to “Alistair”. The first time I came across the former, I thought it was a misprint, having been brought up on Alistair Maclean books.
Doesn’t it have that extra bit of cachet that we’re looking for?
I think Bastian has a certain British ring to it, while
an American KIA would be a Kevin.
Ken Jennings.
It would certainly be a woman’s name.
Marilyn vos Savant sounds great, but it’s already in use.