“A blabby Geico commercial came on the radio, and as Mr. Rowe made small marks with his pencil — skrit skrit skrit — he triggered a recording of, appropriately, Pablo Casals playing the Bach cello suites.”

“The early list of names included Slappy, Happy, Hoppy, Sleepy, Weepy, Dirty, Cranky, Sneezy, Hungry, Lazy, Grumpy, Dumpy, Bashful, Gabby, Blabby, Gloomy, Buzzy, Dizzy.”