I saw this article today and thought the scenarios it describes would make things REALLY interesting this November. I especially enjoyed the paragraph at the end about the Election of 1800. Just thought I'd share it with you.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
A Man's Man...
I am not. I've never been a grill-master. I don't know a thing about cars: can't fix 'em, don't know makes and models. I enjoy football when it's on, but I can take it or leave it. I don't get much into most other sports. Even within my interests, such as music, it seems the man's man knows things like all the various types of guitars and amps; I never have been interested, as long as mine came close to how I wanted them to sound.
I'm okay with this. In recent years especially, I've become more comfortable with the idea that I'm much more partial to Jeeves and Wooster than I am to Crockett and Tubbs, more a fan of Morrissey than Megadeth. Not sure where I'm going with this. I guess I was just reminded of it tonight when my wife grilled some awesome pork tenderloin while I looked on, and I spent a contented evening alone thereafter watching Holmes and Watson on PBS. Overall, very satisfying indeed.
I'm okay with this. In recent years especially, I've become more comfortable with the idea that I'm much more partial to Jeeves and Wooster than I am to Crockett and Tubbs, more a fan of Morrissey than Megadeth. Not sure where I'm going with this. I guess I was just reminded of it tonight when my wife grilled some awesome pork tenderloin while I looked on, and I spent a contented evening alone thereafter watching Holmes and Watson on PBS. Overall, very satisfying indeed.
Monday, September 08, 2008
A Solid Track Record
I believe it was around this time 7 years ago (good gosh! it can't really have been that long!) that we were just finding out that we were going to have our first child. When we made the discovery, Angie was pretty well convinced that we were going to have a girl, and she was already excited about the name Marguerite Rose. Then, a short while later, we found out we were having a boy, and we embarked on the arduous mental task of coming up with a boy's name. Honestly, it is only by the grace of God and his divine inspiration that we were able to come up with the name Daniel Caleb after a couple of months.
Then, about two years later, when we found out that we were expecting gain, Angie was convinced that, since we'd had a boy the first time, and I came from a family with 2 boys, that we would only ever have boys, and this one was going to be a boy as well. Fortunately, we still hadn't come up with a boy name by the time that we found out it was going to be a girl, so we were relieved to be able to use the Marguerite Rose appellation.
Yes, it's definitely a baby boy! Angie was convinced that it was going to be a girl, and, in fact, we already have an awesome girl name picked out that I won't be posting here so that we might use it in the future should the need arise. In the meantime, we must now set about the awesome task of coming up with a name for newest addition. So far, Maggie has suggested "Andy," and my brother suggested "Colloquium," or something like that. It was the name of a football player who was on television this evening, but I don't remember exactly what he said. I think it's fairly safe to say that we won't be using his suggestion. Maggie had also previously suggested "Chrysanthemum" for a girl, and so I believe my brother was also suggesting "Chris Anthony" in tribute to Maggie's desire, but I doubt we'll use that, either. Still, we're open to suggestions, by which I mean that we will give any suggestions their due consideration without giving anyone else credit if we do decide to use one.
So, what do you think? Feel free to contribute a name in the comments section. For inspiration, here's a recent 3-D photo of the little guy's profile:
Then, about two years later, when we found out that we were expecting gain, Angie was convinced that, since we'd had a boy the first time, and I came from a family with 2 boys, that we would only ever have boys, and this one was going to be a boy as well. Fortunately, we still hadn't come up with a boy name by the time that we found out it was going to be a girl, so we were relieved to be able to use the Marguerite Rose appellation.
All this is, of course, leading to something, and here it is: today we found out the gender of our current infanticipation. In late January, we expect to give birth to a baby...
Yes, it's definitely a baby boy! Angie was convinced that it was going to be a girl, and, in fact, we already have an awesome girl name picked out that I won't be posting here so that we might use it in the future should the need arise. In the meantime, we must now set about the awesome task of coming up with a name for newest addition. So far, Maggie has suggested "Andy," and my brother suggested "Colloquium," or something like that. It was the name of a football player who was on television this evening, but I don't remember exactly what he said. I think it's fairly safe to say that we won't be using his suggestion. Maggie had also previously suggested "Chrysanthemum" for a girl, and so I believe my brother was also suggesting "Chris Anthony" in tribute to Maggie's desire, but I doubt we'll use that, either. Still, we're open to suggestions, by which I mean that we will give any suggestions their due consideration without giving anyone else credit if we do decide to use one.
So, what do you think? Feel free to contribute a name in the comments section. For inspiration, here's a recent 3-D photo of the little guy's profile:
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