Wow, after making fun of radio stations that employ "Zeptember" and "Rocktober" all these years, I forgot to mention last week how the Colorado Rockies actually want to trademark the name!  In a way, it’s less cheesy than were a rock station’s connotation of the word, but it still brings a smile to my face in an “I’m laughing AT you, not WITH you” kind of way.

Time for the Red Sox to trademark "Soxtober" before the WhiteSox scoop it up.  Oh wait, nevermind, 2005 was a blip on the radar.  The White Sox won’t be in the postseason any time soon. 

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In the department of Head-scratching License Plates Department, I saw one that said ILOVME this morning.  Narcissistic?  Is this person a self-affirmer like Stuart Smalley (“I’m good enough. I’m smart enough. And doggone it, people LIKE me!”)?  Is it a joke?

I thought I had written about this last month but I didn’t, so here’s another one I saw.  It was an older model Nissan Altima (or something close to that) on the highway that said HZMONY or HIZMNY or something to that extent, implying “His Money” which then implies she won it in a divorce.  Put aside the fact that it’s truly an inapporopriate thing to have on your license plate (none of us care about your divorce settlement) but were I a vapid wench who is bragging about my Win Total in a divorce, I wouldn’t slap a license plate like that on my car unless it was a rather expensive one.  Drive around with a Mercedes or Maserati or something else exotic and then I would think “OK, yeah, you DID win in that divorce”, but to drive around town in a dated car that isn’t anything to brag about seems to make about as much sense as having a bumper sticker on your car proclaiming “My kid didn’t eat paste…today” or "My other car is a Chevy Citation".

Way to aim high, Fraulein Fordfocus.