You know you’re a geek when you hear the letters “A.I.” and think of artificial intelligence instead of American Idol.

In celebration of the June 1 launch of my new jewelry line and remodeled web site, I’m holding a contest to create a name for the new line. I’m looking for something cute and catchy, and of course, something that captures the personality of both the new line and its designer (that being, moi).

The Prize: Your choice of one Whimsy Chick pendant (valued at $75).

How You Enter: Submit one or more ideas for the name of the new line via email with the subject line “You Name It Contest.” The address is AT my site WHIMSYCHICK.COM and the “person” is CONTEST. Did you get that?

(If not, you can leave a comment here and I’ll try to clarify it for humans without giving it away to the spambots.)

Why should I enter? If I choose your idea, you win The Prize! In the event that no name is chosen from the entries, one winner will be selected at random.

But wait, there’s more! Just for entering, you will receive a 10% coupon good towards any Whimsy Chick item. (One discount per person please.)

What’s the new line?

(Copyright 2006 Whimsy Chick)

Contest Deadline: May 31, 2006. Though if you come up with some fabulous idea for the new line after the deadline and you think I won’t be able to pass it up, contact me and we’ll talk.

CMA: If I choose your idea, you agree to forfeit all rights of the winning idea to me. Blah, blah, blah, no future compensation, etc, etc. Okay?

If you’re a greedy, selfish person who will do anything to increase your chance of winning: Do not tell anyone else about this contest. Keep it to yourself. And congratulate yourself on your sneakiness before your bad karma catches up to you.

Otherwise, please pass this info along to anyone you know who might enjoy it.

Anything else?: If you have questions, you can email me at the contest address or leave a comment here.

I call them pants and shoes. Or a pair of pants/shoes. Why do fashion people call them A PANT and A SHOE? Have you ever noticed that? I’m watching some fashion show on tv, and the so-called expert stylist will say, “The shoe works well with the pant.”

So, if you have only one leg, is it half a pant? Half a shoe? The funny thing is that the dictionary doesn’t have pants listed. It says:

pant - an outer garment covering each leg separately

Each. Leg. Separately. Why do I find that so funny?

Several months ago, my sister and I talked about redesigning the human body. Specifically, we discussed making our arms more convenient. Our main concern was that the arm is always in the way while trying to sleep on our sides. Think about it. Where are you supposed to put your arm if you want to be comfortable?

Her solution? The Removable Arm. To remove your arm, you would swing it around and around several times to unscrew it. While I agreed that the concept was good, I argued that there was one design flaw. Imagine trying to unscrew your arm in a very tight space. It just wouldn’t work. What if you’re in bed, say, reading or something, and you want to remove your arm? You’d have to sit up just to get enough space to rotate your arm around. Or imagine those exercises where you rotate your arms over your head. Oops! Your arm just fell off!

I offered my suggestion to improve The Removable Arm. My idea is a nut and bolt system. The nut would attach to the bolt in a recessed area in your shoulder. To remove the arm, you simply reach around with the opposite hand and unscrew the bolt. Sister didn’t like the idea of requiring users to implement their other hand. She felt it was inconvenient. She also thought the bolt would be unsightly, so I suggested a cover to hide the nut and bolt mechanism. She’s still not sold on my improvement.

We really need to resolve this before we file for the patent.

My sister loves the line I added to my blog description that reads, “But sometimes, it’s just about eating noodles.” I’ve already admitted I stole that phrase from the always witty Janet. But my sister interprets it a bit differently from the way it was originally written. Janet explained it as the mundane things people write about in their blogs when they have nothing better to blog about. “Today, I ate noodles for lunch. The end.” Realizing that a lot of my entries were about the mundane, I added the line about noodles in my blog description.

Sister, however, took the noodles idea to mean that I’d be blogging about all the silly thoughts that bounce around in my head that are, in her opinion, blog-worthy. So, at her request, (and at the risk of scaring away what few friends I have) I’ll be adding her recipe for noodles to my blog soon.