Hey Jude!

As you can imagine, we've gotten tons of feedback on Jude's name in the three days he's been with us.

For some, his name might conger up images of Paul McCartney singing the Beatles song, "Hey Jude." That's not such a bad thing. How can a band sell 8 million copies of a song and it be bad?! I'd call it (i.e., the song) safe.

The NFL thought he was a safe bet, bringing him in for the Superbowl the year after Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction! As part of getting Amanda's vote, it also didn't hurt that Jude Law is one handsome Brit!

Back to the Beatles . . .a buddy of mine sent me this YouTube video . . .priceless, thanks Truen! If you want to sing along to the song, LyricsFreak has the lyrics.

When you're done singing along, you might be interested to know that in Hebrew, the name Jude means praised, or "he shall be praised." The Greek version of the name is Judas -- we didn't name our child Judas. But Jude is referred to as Judas in this Bible verse (or this), which gives us insight that Jude was probably a half-brother to Jesus.

There's also a very good study aid at BlueLetterBible.org on the book of Jude. I actually haven't read the book for a long time, so writing this post has given me some motivation to dig in and learn what Jude has to say about false teachers of the day and what that means for us today.

I write all of this to try and deepen the meaning of his name, but in the end, we chose it because we thought it was a cool name, it didn't bring up images of horrible former students, and it has a historical biblical connotation. This child was the answer to prayers of ours and many of our friends and family for over 3 years.

Because of having to wait to meet him, we've grown in maturity and have a deepened understanding of what it means to be his parents. For this, we praise Him! More on that in a future post . . .

Dave's word on . . .

Here begins a stream of posts that may seem to be out of place. Anyone who knows me knows that I tend to research a lot before I make a decision. I also tend to have very selective memory retention.

Since I've spent many hours becoming literate in a variety of things, I thought this would be a good forum to share that knowledge with others and also use it as a reference for myself.

With this blog, you'll notice going forward that I'll be adding posts on things I have researched in the past or am currently researching. This includes things like personal finance (life insurance, annuities, IRAs, mutual funds, etc.), technology, cooking/recipes and where (and sometimes how) to find good deals. Stay tuned!

The Packers suck!

I'm kinda emotional right now, so I'll try to say it in as few words as possible. Disappointed. That's all. Why couldn't we run the ball against the Giants? And where were our safeties the whole game? Not blitzing, and not making plays helping out on the outside man coverage. Bigby had 1 or 2 good hits/tackles the whole game.

Well, I guess it's a new year next year! I can't wait for September!