As for the pronounceable short URLs...
I think you are missing the point in the first place. But I can see your point, stinking in the brain is important.
cooklygm.com
greg@maxime:~ [0] $ whois -H cooklygm.com
Whois Server Version 2.0
No match for "COOKLYGM.COM".
>>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:19:57 UTC <<<
And the Redirect would be something like:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} blog.cooklygm.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} cooklygm.com$
RewriteRule ^/$ http://blog.cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/ [R=301,L]