You remember that post where I was joking around about Hollywood-ized, out-there names for our baby if it happens to be a boy? Well, there has been a rather unexpected side effect courtesy of Jen (one of our SiLs).

Since we don't know the gender of our baby and we're not planning to find out and therefore cannot use stand-in names like "Baby Boy A" or "Baby Girl A" or even gender-specific pronouns like "he," "him," "she," or "her," Jen has taken to calling our baby by one of the names in that blog post.

5... 4... 3... 2... 1... BLAST OFF to another Snippet Wednesday!

There are many movies that I love to watch repeatedly despite the dictates of good sense.

Films like Crybaby, Hudson Hawk, Undercover Brother, and so many others are considered bad or campy or underperforming or God only knows what else... but I love them.

And I've got another one to add to the list... Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Good.

'Nuff said.

For NYCWD and his Puppy Monster...

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All aboard! The crazy train to Snippet Wednesday departs now.

Instead of reviewing a band on this week's Tu(n)esday, I'd like to ask you a question instead...

It's one of those standard "desert island" sorts of questions.

It's been a while since I've done a meme, so I'm running with one that I stole from Marty who, in turn, stole it from Dave2.

Memes are such theft-fests. In a loving way, of course.

Dear kapgar.com,

I wanted to take a moment to wish you a very happy seventh blogiversary.

One of the things that scares Katie and I most about bringing up a child in this world is the last two words of that phrase... "this world."

We apologize for interrupting your regularly scheduled Snippet Wednesday with this ULTRA SPECIAL MEGA MEGA GAMMA SPLENDIFEROUS BY-INVITATION-ONLY ROCK-YOUR-SOCKS-OFF edition of Snippet Wednesday.

What makes it so special? Ab-so-lute-ly every... nothing. I just needed an intro.

Since I have not yet received a Cease and Desist letter from that other person using "Tu(n)esday," I'm going to assume I'm either lucky or s/he doesn't care. Hmm...

Whatever the case may be, welcome to another edition of Kapgar Tu(n)esday!

The world is so consumed with things that need to be fixed these days.

"We need better and cleaner forms of energy!"

"We need to mend the rift between political parties!"

"We need to feed the world's starving populations!"

"We need to figure out why Lindsay Lohan's career is in the crapper and her life has become so f'd up!"

I forgot that summer vacation is upon us. I truly cannot believe it's already here.

I work in the downtown area of a large Chicago suburb and, as a result of it being summer vacation, the place is crawling with kids. And I don't mean the occasional one or two. More like one or two hundred.

A gin and tonic with a twist of Snippet Wednesday, you say? I can certainly accommodate that request. Please have a seat while our bartender prepares your spirits.

Welcome to a new themed segment that I am hereby dubbing Tu(n)esday all about MUSIC!!!

and there was much rejoicing... yay.

I figured that music is a big part of my life and it always has been and I have had posts about different artists or songs or albums or whatever, so why not give it its own day. I don't plan to blog about music every Tuesd... er, Tu(n)esday. Just when I have something to say or review. Plus it makes perfect sense since Tuesdays are traditionally the day on which new music is release in stores.

When I was a kid, one of my favorite games to play when going on a road trip with my family was the good ol' License Plate Game.

You know the game, don't you? While your parents are driving to whatever pseudo-exotic locale that never seems to be close enough to erase the constant nagging of children and their raisin-sized bladders, you check out the license plates of the cars around you and try to find all 50 states and however many protectorates and Canadian provinces you can (I'm still not sure entirely how many provinces there are; we just marked them and they became a bonus). It was basically a form of semi-innocent stalking.

Welcome to June!

Wow. Yeah, I just said "June." Katie and I are having a baby in less than three and a half months. Where'd the time go? Not that I want it to stop. We both are really excited about this new chapter, but it doesn't feel like we've been given enough time to enjoy this growing-inside-the-belly phase of the game.

Oy! Well, being that it's June 1, I need to recap my progress on my New Year's Resolutions.