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I’m still getting used to this new last name. It’s bulky, only a letter longer than maiden Ritschard, but so many more syllables. Can-na-ri-a-to. My signature is sloppy, spilling over the lines with the bulk of all these new vowels. “You’re just finishing writing that name by the time the test is done,” he jokes.Continue reading “styrofoam lipton and married names”