Vince and I were watching a PBS show featurning the Dixie Chics (yes, we like them) that was recorded at "The Kodak Theater". Since we wanted to know where it was we had to look it up on the Internet. As it turns out, the Kodak Theater is really the Grauman Chinese Theater in Hollywood, and we found it by entering on a search engine the words "The Kodak Theater formerly known as..."

Now we might have figured out it was in Hollywood if it would have been referred to as the Grauman Chinese Theater.

And it just brought up that old conversation we've been having for years: WE SHOULD NOT BE RE-NAMING OUR GREAT PLACES AND LANDMARKS AFTER COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS.

Now what happens when Kodak doesn't want the Grauman Theater anymore. Next year it could be called the Conagra Theater, and then where will I be?

We just never seem to know where we are anymore. Right here in Houston Enron Field has already become Minute Maid Park, what next? The Summit turned into the Compaq Center and now it's a church.

Maybe we should re-name the Statue of Liberty the Trump Statue. Then we can make Donald Trump pay for the repairs next time it needs to be fixed. How about naming Niagra Falls Viagra Falls? Would it still be so popular as a honeymoon spot after that? Maybe couples checking into honeymoon suites in the Viagra Falls area could receive free samples at check-in. The marketing opportunities are endless.

That's exactly why someone should put a stop to this. We just want to go see a show at the Knickerbocker Arena, not the Pepsi Arena. When I go to the Philadelphia, I want to see a show at the Spectrum or the Camden E-Center, not the Wachovia Center or the Sony E-Center. Forget about it!

I am going to keep referring to the beautiful places in our great USA by their proper names, and I just hope someday the advertisers come to their senses and do the same. Who's with me?