The Greatest Conversation I've Ever Had With My Mom (or "Sometimes I realize it's true - she was a hippie")

I noticed a rambling post on my mom's facebook wall and asked about the poster. Her response was something like this:

Don't you remember me telling you about Sparkles? He's a poet. And a clown. He's still a clown today in Minneapolis. Remember me telling you about that house I lived in in Uptown with all of those people? Sparkles was the one who named everything...you know, you walk into the bathroom and there's a sign that says "Tom the Toilet."