Re: Pro's & Kin's

["rogerkirk" <rogerkirk@mail.ttlc.net>]

Sven Franklyn Weil notes 
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>Mandalit....sounds like a fruit of some sort.  

For those who are curious where her name comes from, "Mandalit" is the name of a woman in a song from Carmina Burana, a musical work from the 13th century put to music by composer Carl Orff. The guys from Car Talk also pay homage to her in their phony end credits as "inventory manager Mandalit del Barcode." 

She earned her Master's degree in journalism from Columbia University with her thesis, "Breakdancers: Who are they, and why are they spinning on their heads?"