A Plurk buddy pointed out a site that reveals your name’s hidden meaning. The results are after the break…and I can imagine a certain person nodding her head and pointing at me.

And while we’re on the subject of names, this has been floating around the internet for a while. Y’all have some fun with it.

1. Rock Star Name (first pet; current car): Happy Tacoma
2. Gangster Name (favorite ice cream flavor; favorite style of shoe): Cherry Loafer
3. Native American Name (favorite color; favorite animal): Blue Panther
4. Soap Opera Name (middle name; place of birth): Arthur El Paso
5. Star Wars Name (first 3 letters of second name; first two of first name): Robre
6. Superhero Name (2nd favorite color; favorite drink): Red Gatorade
7. NASCAR Name (first names of grandfathers): Bobby Frank
8. Exotic Dancer Name (favorite perfume/scent; favorite “candy”): Lilac Licorice
9. Newscaster name (Fifth grade teacher’s last name; major city beginning with same letter): Santoro Stockton
10. Spy name (favorite flower; favorite season/holiday): Lilac Springs
11. Cartoon name (favorite fruit; article of clothing you are wearing now): Banana Shorts
12. Hippie Name (what you ate for breakfast; favorite tree): Muffin Cottonwood
13. Movie Star Name (first pet’s name; first street where you lived): Lucky Denslow

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I’ve got a couple of George W. Bush countdown clocks (including the very bottom of this page) and they read “159 days” as I type this. As we get closer to not having a Bush or a Clinton in office for the first time in twenty years, the political pundits with too much noise in their mouths will soon start to squirm out of the woodwork and pass judgment on a presidency that’s had to deal with some of the nation’s worst crisis in its 200+ year history. I’ll jump the gun a little and, being as qualified as any of them, share my thoughts on the “W” Era.

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Every once in a while, I’m seized by the need to exercise and most often I am able to drown such stupidity in creamy chocolate, but not today. Inspired by my Plurk buddies, I took a short day hike up one of the foothills to the east of C Hill on a glorious August day that you usually won’t experience in this part of the arid Great Basin.

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This post has nothing to do with “The Simpsons”, the source of the above quote. This one’s all about me. Since y’all are living in my world and the stars/heaven rotate around the (literal) vastness of Me, here’s a quick update to share with your loved ones:

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