[Fedora]

"Brethern" is generic.

So is Bic, so it fits! :)

It was nice of you to help your Mom out with Grandma. I have some relatives who are like that sometimes, so I know that can be tough to deal with. I'm sure it made your Mom's Mother's Day easier that you helped out with that.

I read a little about Japanese and samurai history this afternoon. I learned that "ken" means "sword", which made me wonder if that has anything to do with Kenshin's name.

[JenB]

Yeah, it does - I don't think it's spoiling much to say his name was "Shinta" until at a young age after a very traumatic event, he was taken on as an apprentice by a slightly odd guy who said Shinta was too weak a name for a swordsman, and so renamed him "Kenshin".

His master's pretty cool. Also may be insane. Hiko Seijuro. You'll meet him during the "Legend of Kyoto" cycle, several times.