Announcement: Monikers

My mom will henceforth be referred to as "plasticmom," a nickname she coined for herself after reading this blog as a reference to Nina and her mom, #&*$^@100 & #&*$^@mom. [Note: Their AOL screen names are not expletives, but this is my effort to conceal their real identities.] I'd like to welcome her to a cast of blog regulars who go by their real names and some who go by their thinly veiled nicknames such as "Zrad," "MGDub," "GJDubya" and "Adam."