Secret Identities

There has been some recent confusion as to the nicknames I use here for my friends and family. The reasons for the secret identities are many-fold, and would take a long time to explain. However, I will give you a few guidelines to go by so as to avoid future mishaps.

1. I don't typically use real names on my blog. I have chosen to give everyone nicknames to "protect the innocent." Not that any of us are, it just sounds nice. The only circumstances in which I use real names is if someone uses their own real name on their own blog/website.

2. The nicknames I use are usually descriptive of at least one personality trait and/or appearance. It gives you a nice mental picture of the people I'm talking about, especially if you happen to know them.

3. No, I don't call people by their blog identities in real life.

4. There has been a blog dedicated to naming each of my siblings, Chickster, and some other folks. If you missed those, they are waaaaay back in the archives. I will try to find those and post them in a permanent section on the nav bar for reference. I can't promise that will happen right away, but it'll magically appear there one day. And then you'll know I finally got around to it.

So there you have it. Mystery solved. Don't you feel better?

And by the way...I am considering changing Chickster's name. I came up with that when he was in-utero, as I didn't know what else to call him. Now that he's here and we have discovered his non-sleeping, constantly in motion, happy little self, I think he needs something more suitable. I am open to suggestions, but I don't promise to actually listen to all of them. Hey, at least I'm honest.