Mortimer B. Ruggles

may be one of the funniest names ever. (I mean no offense, by the way, to any living people with the name Mortimer B. Ruggles; that's just how it is.)

The fact that he helped John Wilkes Booth attempt to escape after the assassination--something I did not know until my daughter told me about it while recounting bits of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, a book she's currently reading--in no way lessens the name's appeal.

Mortimer alone is wonderful and enough to make me smile.

Adding B. Ruggles simply tugs the smile into a grin.

Or maybe that's just me.