Nicknames

They say that the best nicknames are organic.  They can't be forced.  If you sit down and say to yourself that so and so needs a nickname, you probably won't think of a good one right then. 

I pride myself on my nickname giving abilities.  There are still several people that I know who go by the nickname that I gave them.  (That makes me smile.)

I guess I must've had the movie "The Big Lebowski" in my head unknowingly because Em has now taken to calling him "Duder".  When I asked where she got it from, she said that she heard me call him "Dude" & "Duder" while I was changing his diaper. 

For those of you who haven't seen the movie, here's a picture & the quote that I'm referencing:

"I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."