Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator

An Obama supporter has created a Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator, intended to denigrate her. But in a perhaps not unexpected turn of events, Palin supporters are now wearing their altered names with pride! Turns out I'm "Rust Mustang Palin". Here are the monikers of some famous pundits and politicians:

Mark Steyn		Ladel Torque Palin
Michelle Malkin		Khaki Salmon Palin
Rush Limbaugh		Crank Widow Palin
Sean Hannity		Speck Backfire Palin
Mark Levin		Stoppage Lead Palin
Bob Grant		Pump Bust Palin
Hugh Hewitt		Strangle Thicket Palin
Dennis Prager		Bomb Locamotive Palin
Laura Ingraham		Puck Mule Palin
Dennis Miller		Hen Waffle Palin
Ann Coulter		Plop Hero Palin
Amy Alkon		Bowl Antler Palin
Maureen Dowd		Spackle Camshaft Palin
John McCain		Steam Fangs Palin
Ronald Reagan		Shot Corrugated Palin
Abraham Lincoln		Still Hardrock Palin
George Bush		Open Aircraft Palin
Dick Cheney		Wood Corps Palin
Stephen Harper		Tangle Jig Palin
Stephane Dion		Mole Valdez Palin
Gordon Brown		Rope Hoover Palin
Hugo Chavez		Hlater Grasshopper Palin
Fidel Castro		Revolver Trooper Palin

The Landlord

A friend & I are strongly considering making a 15 minute video about something (we don't yet know what) this summer. He just sent me some of the competition we'll be facing:

Baby Shower Pandemonium

Dear Prudie is an online "advice" column I subscribe to. Some of the letters get my head spinning. Here's a new example:

Dear Prudie,
My husband and I are expecting our first child in June. I will have at least five showers. I was wondering if it would be acceptable to ask that one of my showers be a "gift card shower" from a particular store. We have picked out baby furniture from a store, and we know that furniture is not an item that an individual can go out and buy alone. We also know the possibilities of duplicate gifts from five showers. Should I just tell the people hosting the shower that if anyone asks what to get, to suggest a gift card from the store, or would it be acceptable to have the theme of the shower be "Babies 'R Us Gift Card Shower"?

—Mother-To-Be

Dear Mother,
If it hasn't been long since the wedding, I assume your friends are still recovering financially from your five bridal showers. To ease your burden of coming up with a theme for each of your "at least" five baby showers, cancel at least four of them. (How is it that someone ends up having five baby showers, anyway?) The theme of your baby shower (singular) is that you are starting a happy new part of your life and your friends want to help you with that transition. The theme is not scoring enough stuff to start your own baby-goods store. As for how to let people know what you'd like—it's customary for the hostess to tell the guests where the mother-to-be is registered.

—Prudie