Jan
18
2008
While googling myself today (almost sounds naughty), I stumbled on this hockey jersey. It belongs to Eric Cairns of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He’s a Canadian, too! From Oakville, Ontario. We might be 20th cousins or so.
I played hockey for one season, when I has five years old or so.
Tags: cairns, hockey
May
05
2004
A few Cairns’ have been showing up here lately. What the hell’s up with that?
Frank Cairns
Karen Cairns
Phillip Cairns
It’s always cool to stumble upon people with your rare last name.
Tags: cairns
Apr
24
2004
At Name Statistics you can search for your first and last names to see how popular they are based on a U.S. Census.
Cairns is the #6095 most common last name.
0.002% of last names in the US are Cairns.
Around 5000 US last names are Cairns!
Tags: cairns, names
Apr
07
2004
My wife and I are beginning to debate possible baby names now; that is, we’re disagreeing with each other all the time. We’d like to have a Scottish name due to the Cairns Scottish heritage (unlike my first name, Jody, which is Hebrew or something for Are you a boy or girl, and is [...]
Tags: babies, cairns, iain, names, scottish
Apr
07
2004
The Cairns Brothers Brewing Company doesn’t appear to be a big company, and the doctored photos on their site are funny.
Early experiments, such as a green beer made especially for St. Patrick’s Day, met with limited success, and were chalked up as “learning experiences.”
No relation to me (I hope).
I’d rather get in the scotch [...]
Tags: beer, cairns