Super Saver

This isn't a story about getting a good deal at your local supermarket. Nor is it a lecture about the new wave of 529 plans designed to cover that future 300K tuition bill in 2030. I am talking about the 2010 Kentucky Derby winner "Super Saver".

For the 4th consecutive year, the Golia's blew it out for the most famous horse race of the year. Baby Golia had a good time watching everyone else consume bubbly drinks all while feasting on mass quantities of natural fruit juice and whole grain snacks. Who needs Coca Cola marinated baby back ribs when you can enjoy a nice piece of whole wheat toast?

Anyways, as the horses took to the starting gates I couldn't help but notice the unique naming convention used for thoroughbreds. Starting with a "Homeboykris" only to be followed up with others like "Awesome Act", "Lookin At Lucky", "Sidney's Candy" and "Devil May Care". So my question for the group- is it time to start a new trend where including adjectives, verbs, nouns or conjunctions in our children's names becomes the standard? Sound silly? Not to the original owners of the land you are occupying. I would be willing to bet that a "Dances with Wolves" or "Kicking Bird" once hunted the space you now call the "backyard". Why didn't America adopt this cool tradition? Imagine that first day of school- the teacher is pouring through the names of his/her future nightmares...Starting with Timmy, then Mary, then Mike...and then the teacher sees it- "Work Ethic". Can you say deans list?