Archive for September, 2008

The 2nd Annual Baby Name Face-Off, ROUND 4

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

We’re down to 4 names!
…and amazingly, one of the 4 is mine. I thought I’d be thoroughly wiped out by now. The baby-naming-gods must be keeping an eye on me.
Oh! We did think of another name to add to the list: Raul, Jr.
Isn’t it brilliant? That way, no one will [...]

The 2nd Annual Baby Name Face-Off, ROUND 3

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Man, it’s been tough to update this on the right day of the week…
I’m back (again) from traveling (again), and so am late (again) to update the tournament.
We had some tight battles this week, with some not-so-surprising results. All of my names have now been knocked out of the tournament but one. You [...]

The 2nd Annual Baby Name Face-Off, ROUND 2

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Whew.  What a week.
We’re having so much fun in Golden, we’re a day late updating the competition.
So let’s get caught up:  You guys are all crazy.  In all but 3 of the sixteen pairings, you people chose Sarah’s names over mine.  Even on Mason vs. Mason.  What’s the matter with you people?
I guess I’m going [...]

The 2nd Annual Baby Name Face-off BEGINS!

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Friends, Family, Ladies and Gentlemen, the 2nd Annual Gupta Family Baby Name Face-off has begun!
The tournament consists of 32 names: 16 picked by Rahul and 16 picked by Sarah. We asked Tatiana if she had any ideas, and she said “ackitow” (which translates to “tractor”), so we decided she wasn’t taking this seriously enough.
Each [...]

Coming up for air…

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

So, obviously, this hasn’t been a good year for updating this site, but like many an earnest blogger, I intend to do better.
I was trying to come up with nice sounding excuses, like I’d rather spend time with Tatiana and Sarah than write about it, but, really, it probably comes mostly down to my travel [...]