Luck Be a Baby Tonight

Mommy and Daddy have decided not to share my name until I'm born. They say that they want something to remain a surprise, since I already blabbed a few weeks ago that I was a boy. I know the real truth though - they're just buying time because they can't decide upon any names! Mom keeps shooting down the names that Daddy likes...with all of the students Dad's had in his 8 years of teaching, it should be the other way around! Then, there's the whole issue of this darn last name of mine I'll be inheriting. Aside from the jokester names like Booty Kahl (and Testa Kahl, thanks to my Uncle Davy), there are lots of good strong boy names that are getting the nix too:

• Will Kahl - Where you would pick up the free concert tickets that I, lead guitarist of a Grammy-winning rock group, might set aside for my family.


• Kurt N Kahl - When I, Broadway star Booty Kahl, would take my final bow after a standing ovation.


• Perry Wynn Kahl The signature color of future world famous painter, Bootiford T. Kahl.


• Porter Kahl One of the exotic stops on the Around The World cruise I'll be sending my parents on for their anniversary...you know, Port O' Call.


• Beck N Kahl How Mommy and Daddy will be once I am born...always at my beck and call.


• Jack Kahl - It's just not nice to name a kid after a wild scavenger dog [jackal] or bad 80s hair metal bands [Jackyl].


• Paul Kahl - Mom always thought it would be cool to name her kid after some of her favorite musicians - Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, and Paul Hewson (aka Bono)...but there's nothing that'll get a kid beaten up faster than a rhyming name.

Lately, Mom and Dad have been joking about maybe naming me Lucky, because I've been bringing them lots of good luck! Mom never wins anything, but since she got pregnant with me, she won free movie tickets, free theatre tickets, and the latest surprise - one room in our house professionally painted for free! She entered a raffle at a home show, since they're going to have some people come in to paint the high loft in our house. Well...she won! Daddy's always been pretty lucky, but he won the 50/50 raffle at the Morristown basketball game the other night. Guess the parents better start playing the lottery soon!