There's a new player in the LipsYard Garden; The blue cornflower (Centaurea cyanus.)

You may also know it as Bachelor's button, Basket flower, Bluebottle, Boutonniere flower, or (my favorite) Hurtsickle.

In folklore, cornflowers were worn by young men in love; if the flower faded too quickly, it was taken as a sign that the man's love was unrequited.

(former site of the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska)

Sarah Palin's love of taxpayer money is anything but unrequited. The Republican Vice Presidential candidate may say she stopped the "Bridge to Nowhere," but still took the hundreds of millions in Federal Funding for it. She also took $25 million and had her State Transportation Department build a "Road to Nowhere."

Thats right. Even though she 'stopped' the "Bridge," there's still a 3.2-mile gravel road leading to the site. What's it being used for? 5K and 10K road races, and hunters.

Sarah Palin herself is the real "Bridge to Nowhere."