European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Eton a on Htow Ruoy a Gareeb of Siht aed Colin Mcenroe the Hartford Conn courant y Day was mired in its usual downcast mouse Wrabness in High German maus Woonsocket when Daniel Bloom called from Juneau Alaska. Daniel Bloom said he had tapped into a Madcap subculture of people who spell their names backward. Well i decided to hear Dan out because he sounded pleasant and because he seemed preferable to Many of the Calls and letters i get from people under the false impression that i want to write something positive and helpful about them. I am very close to having to hire a temporary clerical person just to handle the volume of mail i get from 7elcven, which sends me a press release roughly every 15 minutes about its sophisticated National opinion Survey in which people. Express their views 011 important issues by selecting a beverage cup with either a a yes or a no Quot written on it. A a but Back to Daniel Bloom who writes a column for a newspaper in Juneau under the name a Al Canad Mooil which is his name spelled backward and also coincidentally the title of a minor Ibsen play a die Leinad Molob Quot or a the Trench Louse. A Call it zaniness Call it verve but Bloom has started a National registry of backward names for people who get a wild Zesty kick out of spelling their own names backward. Associated press picked up the Story and Bloom has now collected 1,000 names of these irrepressible rack Hells. He plans to turn the registry Over to the smithsonian institutions popular culture division where rest such other Musty National icons As Fonzier a leather jacket and Regis Philby no a personality. What do you want to bet the smithsonian deeply rues Ever starting this division every Crum bum in America probably thinks he has something Worth enshrining. A they in a bringing Over this 8-foot-tall Day Glo papier mache Lemur my kid made in fourth Grade no a gotta see it. Really its no problem. Anything for  Bloom said a lot of people had written to  a a ,"he said. A i really thought seriously about getting off the phone right then but that would Only free up the Ime for the mental judo Guy to Call me again from Colorado and ask if i need any More materials about mental judo which is some kind of heinous positive thinking Atta boy business Suc Cess technique where you learn to throw people s trams of thought Over your shoulder hurl them to the ground and sell hem life insurance. Quot there May be a psychology involved Quot Daniel. Bloom pressed on. He said people like the idea that their backward name represents an a Walter ego.�?�. A a a. A a a. A a it a a License to be goofy and yet sane at the same tune a he mused. \ i could Tell that Clinad Molob was trying to Jolly me up get me in sync with the Koo Kincses maybe persuade me to cast sobriety to the March wind and Start calling myself  a in be uncovered a huge subculture of Back. Ward Ness Quot Bloom insisted. So have i but i done to go bragging about it. I got off the line. The phone did not ring for precious minutes during which time someone somewhere in America was thinking up an annoying marketing concept to Call me up about. The phone rang. Pass me a Hemlock Slurpee in a big fat a a not up a a a. A a. A a. Cover. Amen can schoolchildren in fair Ope depend on three Guys to keep the music playing. The test of the Story pages 4 and 5. Trends. 6 making your living room sound Good. Science and the world.7 ancient Worms on the move about those germs on the phone 8�?o9 a computer writes a Jacqueline Susann Quot sequel Quot Short reviews James j. Kilpatrick on sex females Odds amp ends.10 those wild nights As a single Gal. Miss manners and Horoscope to , 16-17 the oscars some predictions on who will win television listings 12-14 local Cable and sate tiie schedules a on television. Is look out Tigger in s Winnie die Pooh Quot this weeks films. 18-19 nothing but trouble a is nothing but junk Complete cafes circuit listing classified ads. 20-23 last laugh. 24 Dave Barry cartoons from around the world an artist shows what ancient fossils must have looked like in their prime. Page 7. Robert de Niro is an Oscar favorite this year reviewer Vinch says. Page ii. Even grown ups need a Little a Winnie the Pooh sometimes Page 15. Sunday is a weekly supplement of the stars and stripes acting editor Sarah Botorff Art direction Susan p. Harris production Michelle Bucher editorial assistance Louis Pierce Marian Hamilton sunday. March 24, 1991