{"id":184,"date":"2009-01-02T18:07:12","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T18:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2009\/01\/2-more-kidskind-of.html"},"modified":"2009-01-02T18:07:12","modified_gmt":"2009-01-02T18:07:12","slug":"2-more-kidskind-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2009\/01\/2-more-kidskind-of.html","title":{"rendered":"2 more kids&#8230;kind of!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Christmas, Barbara and I got the kids puppies. &#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Labradoodle\" target=\"_blank\">Labradoodles<\/a> to be exact. &#160;They are great dogs and are fitting right into the chaos of our home. &#160;The only question has been, &quot;What to name them?&quot;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazztheologian.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c63c953ef010536acf544970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DSCN0560\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341c63c953ef010536acf544970c \" src=\"https:\/\/www.jazztheologian.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c63c953ef010536acf544970c-320pi\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI&#039;ve been lobbying hard for &quot;Louis&quot; (as in Armstrong) and &quot;Coltrane&quot; (as in John). &#160;So a couple of days ago we collected all of name options and had a vote&#8230;that&#039;s where I made my mistake, since when is this a democracy! &#160;By one vote my chosen names were edged out by&#8230;Peter &amp; Edmund.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Hmm&#8230;how do I get out of this? 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