(I'm not actually playing the Diablo, of course. I know my tolerance for the game is much less than anyone else's, and even if it wasn't, I'd be leaving early each night so I could get up and go to work the next day. Any character I made would quickly end up too far behind everyone else, and I didn't want to make them go through everything twice on my behalf. I'm doing Sims Superstar instead.)

(By the way, it is in fact still hilarious when one of them says, "I've got a Leather Armor of Power. Anyone want it?" and I say, "Yeah, I bet that would look stunning on Tabitha! She needs something new to wear while modeling!" I've made that joke like 5000 times now, and it just keeps getting funnier. Or maybe that's just me.)

The point is, everyone is now referring to Hans and Dan's place as the HAT. That's just not right. But we so need to call it something besides "Hans and Dan's place." Calling it the HAD (Hans And Dan) is lame. Hmm. Maybe it's not the HAT, but it is some other kind of hat. A BERET (Because Everyone Really Enjoys Technology), perhaps? A CAP (Computers Are Prolific)?? Hmm. This was where I was going to start making up clever new acronyms, but I'm stumped.

How about a contest? (KC was the only one who entered my last contest, but if I keep sponsoring enough of them, they will catch on. Eventually, I'll get a thousand or so responses to one of these half-assed rants. Can fame, wealth, and a cartload of dancing monkeys really be that far behind?)

This how it works: You have two weeks from today to leave a suggestion for a new clever name for Hans and Dan's apartment in my guestbook. The prize for the best name will be based on the number of responses I get. There will be something, no matter what. If you're the only one to say anything, you might just get a handshake. If, however, you convince a few dozen of your friends to play also, I will become so heady with my own ego (Behold! I have FOUR people who think I'm Kewl!) that I might just spring for something a little more meaningful.

Disclaimer: I am in fact very poor, and whatever the prize ends up being, it will probably have more emotional value than anything else. But enter anyway, dammit. It takes almost no time at all, and it's not like you have anything better to do right now. Besides, it's fun. I swear it. You won't do anything more fun all week long than spend 10 seconds making me happy. OK, you probably will. But you should enter anyway, because I said so.

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