The Middle Distance

I'm reminded of Bush's habit of giving people around him insulting "cutesy" nicknames.

I've had a bunch of 'em and mostly I don't mind 'em because I thought they were funny, and they were given me by people who had no malicious intent...well, OK, I'm pushing 40 and my dad still likes to call me "Moonface" and "Peanut" in front of boyfriends. But I don't even mind that because I inherited his sense of humor and I have carte blanche to make fun of his goatee. As long as he calls my boyfriends by their own names and not the name of the previous guy, I can live with it. XD

Zira. It sounds like an air freshener, or a type of pseduo-beer marketed to sorority girls.