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May 29, 2008 at 3:20 PM
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Congratulations go out to Sister #1, who is doing her part to balance out the nephew to niece ratio in the Unkie Hotrod equation by introducing another boy into the mix. Nephew #2 arrived this afternoon at about twelve-thirty. He needs a name, but I'm feeling especially uncreative today. Maybe Steve?

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I vote for Joshua.

PS Congrats Unkie Hotrod. Gemini's rule!

Not a fan of Joshua. Or "Josh." Overruled.

There's a tandem roller coaster at Cedar Point called the Gemini. It's cool, but I wouldn't say it "rules," per se.

Okay, how about Jebediah? Julius? Oberon?

Nah, I meant people born under the sign of the Gemini, they rule.

No. No. And no. Jeez, you suck at names.

I don't think I know anybody born under Gemini. When is that one?

May 21 to June 21, famous geminis include:
Prince
Walt Whitman
Me

How about Dwayne? Finnegan? Marcus? Ethan? Harry?

All no. Ethan is my least favorite name ever.

hotrod jr.

Abe? Bartleby? Chromeo? Donovan? Ezekiel? Finn? Gus? Harold?

I only chose Ethan because it's the name of the author of the book sitting next to me.

HR Jr. doesn't work. I'm reserving that one for when I eventually get a cat.

Harold has possibilities, but I think we're stuck with Steve now.

All the males names starting with E are terrible. Ethan, Evan, Edgar, Elliot, Edmund. I hate them all.

you hate everything.

Do not.

Yes you do. In fact, I dare you to post for an entire week, that's seven posts, of nothing but stuff you like and enjoy.

Done. SO done. Starting tomorrow. I, too, expect a pie and a post on your blog extolling my many virtues once I accomplish this laughably easy challenge.

And let's get this out of the way up front, because I know already it could become an issue: for the purposes of this challenge I will be regarding "days" as "that time I spend between sleeping or trying to sleep despite what the calendar says." So if I were posting now, it would count as my Thursday post. Because I know right now that there is a very real possibility that I might not get home from work until after midnight on Monday.

i already sent you a pie.

That was for a different challenge. New challenge, new pie. Make this one one of them multi-berry pies Daby was going on about

Sounds like you already know I am going to win though. I can understand why you are wary.

It was a dare, not a bet. I don't know if dares get rewards. I just don't think you can do it.

Dare equals challenge equals bet. We all know that. But I've had a change of heart. I agree that another pie seems excessive for just seven days. And I'll even back off my waffling conditions and constrain myself to calendar days, thus increasing the level of difficulty - the challenge - for me. I'm not greedy; I'll settle for just the post extolling my virtues and talents. Here's the new terms I propose. I believe you will find them fair and reasonable:

1/ This challenge will start today and extend for seven calendar days or until I fail to post within a calendar day, whichever comes first..
2/ The content of my posts shall be nothing but "stuff [I] like and enjoy."
3/ Upon completion of the challenge - either the day after my seventh post or failure by me to post within a calendar day - the loser shall compose a post dedicated to the victor extolling the victor's many positive qualities.
4/ The tribute to the victor shall be posted only on the loser's Vox blog.
5/ The content of the tribute post shall be limited solely to the victor and his or her positive qualities.
6/ The tribute post shall be the only post for that calendar day on the loser's Vox blog.

You have yourself a bet/dare/challenge.

Sweet.

I am sure Daby will let you borrow the extensive he notes he has regrading all my many, many virtues.

NO!!! One is bad enough!

No to Steve as well

Shouldn't you be recovering from giving birth?

I'm sure.

Steve it is. And congrats.

You know, you gotta give some props to the woman who can expel a human from her body one day and then the very next day come on the Internet to lay some smack down on her brother. Be careful, hotrod.

I am very happy that Jodi is going to have a real-world opportunity to practice her extolling.

And I vote for Augustus...or Genghis. You can't be great without a great name.

you can't go with Augustus, because of Augustus Gloop, Augustus Gloop, great big greddy nincompoop. What's wrong with you?

There will be no extolling. None. Hotrod doesn't have that much love in him.

Roald Dahl is not allowed to ruin the name of a perfectly good dictator with a one of his fictional extras. Augustus is golden.

Though I will say that I prefer Genghis... or possibly Ptolemy.

Roald Dahl is not allowed to ruin the name of a perfectly good dictator with a one of his fictional extras. Augustus is golden.

Tell that to a pack of rabid seven-year-olds on the playground. I pity your progeny.

I intend for my progeny to be the ones doing the bullying.

I weep for the future.

Weep for little Ptolemy-san's victims. He'll be fine.

His ass is grass. Poor kid.

ok. no HRJr., no Steve.
see what's left...

Maxwell / Maximillian / Max
Matthew / Matt
Xavier /Javier
Charles
Thomas / Tom / Tommy
Stephen

and congrats on the new (soon-to-named) baby boy

Technically he has a name. I just need to settle on the proper alias. I'm really leaning toward Steve.

oh, ok. thanks for the correction.
I like Steve. Steve is the guy in his fraternity whose exercise regimen consists of keg lifts.

Cosmo Eminger. Now that's a sweet name.

the nickname should be castor or pollux since he's a gemini.

I can say definitively that the Gemini at Cedar Point does NOT rule, not at all. I advise skipping it completely this year. It is terrible. Awful in every conceivable way. It maybe used to be sort of passable, but it has not withstood the test of time as so many other wooden rollercoasters have. Trust me, if you value your kidneys/testicles/breasts/brain/any internal organs, don't ride it. It's not fun in the least.

And congrats!

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