BIG ANNOUNCEMENT:

Well, just as yesterday I watched one of my children (comic-wise anyway) leave the nest, I learned today of one coming into the nest.

We went today to get the BIG ultrasound... the one that tells us what the sex of the baby is. So we were both pretty excited about it. So we showed up and got tons of pictures of the little bugger moving around and finally, all was revealed:

It's a Boy.

At first, I will admit to feeling a tinge of dissapointment. Part of me really wanted a girl. Because I have a son already. Also, my wife has TONS of rings, and we gotta hand them down to someone. I thought also it would be cool to raise a geeky/booksmart Lisa Simpson type of person. Just a strong willed woman that would set the world on fire. But most of all, of the names we picked out, we were going to name a girl "ELAINE." Elaine was my mom's middle name, and my awesome step-mom's middle name coincidently. So it did sorta mean alot to me to pay honor/tribute to them by having a girl.

But instantly after that feeling of dissapointment, a scene flashed in my head of me watching Star Trek with my little geek boy, and I instantly felt better. And later as my wife was giving a dreaded urine sample, I thought to myself: Oh yeah... the family will go on.

See, my brother (by namesake) is mentally handicapped. My son from a previous relationship doesn't have my last name. This one was my immediate families' last chance to let the family name go on. I know it seems kind of dumb, but to me I think it means something. The family will go on. Sometimes, a name is all we have.

But moreover, I get to pay tribute to my father by giving my new son his name. See, my middle name was my Grandfather on his side's middle name. And thus, I'm giving my son my dad's name as his middle. And maybe one day, he will give his son my name as his middle. And his first is a name I've always liked. So our kid will be named:

"Scott Michael Talley."

Scott is a name I've liked since I am a huge fan of Scott Weiland. Plus, there just are no "SCOTTS" in my family at all. Tons of Johns and Mikes. Plus, I hate all modern names. "Conner, Dylan, Cameron, etc." Its a manly name I think. I hope anyway. but either way, I've automatically assigned him to playing "SCOTTY" when we play STAR TREK when he grows up... and we WILL play STAR TREK! And... of course... I'll be Kirk. Its quite Freudian when you think about it.

So there you have it. He's due on Sept. 28th.

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Cheers me droogies, T