U.S. Marine selling his name to advertisers

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It’s been at least several weeks since someone tried to sell advertising space on their forehead or their newborn to the highest bidder. This time, we have Cody Baker, a U.S. Marine who’s auctioning off his own name for the benefit of his family and an orphanage he supports in Thailand. This guy’s got a serious bio page on his site, including this tidbit: “I can still remember the stories that my mother used to tell me about the day that I was born.

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