Bach-in It

Well, I don't know if any of you keep up with much TV, but my wife has been watching The Bachelor recently. Now, I currently despise these types of shows and even told her a few weeks ago while I joined her in watching an episode, that if my daughter was ever on a show like this, I will have failed as a father. The whole idea that after a couple of months, or however long the show takes, you are ready to marry someone because you have whittled away all of the other choices to me seems absurd. And most of them fail; big surprise. Even the premise of meeting someone among the perfect and dream-like atmosphere and carefully planned dream dates and that relationship surviving in the less than par real world seems to set this couple up for failure. Needless to say, I am not impressed with the whole lot of reality shows these days. Whatever happened to the one about the fiancee guy that was an actor and the girl thought it was real and had to introduce him to her parents so she could win a lot of money? He was really obnoxious and it was really funny. But you knew it was totally fake.

Anyway, one of the coolest things happened last week. It was down to the last two girls and the duke picked out a ring and he was expected to propose to one of them. Which meant that one would go home broken hearted. The guy turned both of them down. Both. You wanna know why? He wasn't in love with either. Good for you dude. I don't even know his name, but he chose not to go with either girl. He was and probably is still waiting for a real relationship. I applaud him. Hold out for the real thing and don't you dare compromise.

What's in a name?

So if you haven't read Freakonomics, I suggest it. It's intriguing reading. I just read the chapters last night on what makes a perfect parent. They don't claim to know, just put down some facts and statistics. Pretty interesting. Part of the chapter though contemplated whether or not the name you give a child affects them in life, or if it is a deciding factor on their outcome. I won't tell you how it goes, because I want you to read it (and it is rather exhaustive), but I will pose this to you:

My wife cannot decide on a name for our un-born daughter that is due late February. She has come up with a top three and left the decision up to me. Now, we wanted a "T" name for her first name and we have already decided her middle name will be "Joy". So I now put them out there for you to vote on and have the presumption that you will somehow sway my decision by how you vote. Enjoy!

(in no particular order)
1. Tatum
2. Toni
3. Tennille

India

So I was praying last night and through a long conversation with the Lord, felt impressed to sell my beloved comic book collection. After all, none of its mine, its His. So I was researching online last night at midnight to find a place to sell them, I felt He spoke to me to give the money away. Okay, where? Then I remembered we are raising money this month for Champions for India. So I found a place online where I can sell the comics for free, meaning there is no charge to me to put them up for sale on this website, unlike ebay where you get hit with hidden fees. So, go to comicsforsale.com and look for the comics for sale by konsumer. Buy them. You'll actually be giving monies to families in India. Its a no-brainer.