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My wife is due to give birth to our second child, any day now. We do not have names yet. I am looking to my childhood for inspiration from my heroes of the late 1970's and 80's.
If it's a boy:
Kareem-Abdul Potash
Horshack Potash
Tito Potash
If it's a girl:
Blossom Potash
Charro Potash
Farrah-Fawcett Potash
If you have any ideas...please post them here.
Thanks
Larry
2007 featured big names like Bill Cosby, nostalgic characters like Squiggy from Laverne&Shirley, and bizarre moments like 30 Rock's Tracy Morgan simulating birth on our anchor desk.
Let us know your favorites, as we work on our countdown for 2007.
Just a reminder: we still need your help. If you have relationship questions, submit them here, and we'll present them to Rabbi Shmuley on the 13th.
Rabbi Shmuley, of Shalom in the Home, returns to WGN Morning News December 13 at 8:45ish. He is one of our favorite guests because he gives great advice.
Most self-help books contain useless, cliche' information:
-do your homework
-take it one day at a time
-be yourself
But Rabbi Shmuley, author of books like DATING SECRETS OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, offers specific, helpful advice. (see below.) Here are some excerpts from Shmuley's book:
DATING SECRETS OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Today, far too few people date in order to find their soul mate. Instead, they search for a "partner." Because of a fundamental confusion of priorities, these men and women want to find a person who will provide them with many different and superficial things, rather than a companion who will connect with them on the deepest level.
Dating should never being with a list of what we HAVE. Rather, it must begin with making a mental list of what we lack. Only this will guarantee to make us feel whole. Sex and laughs are superficial. This is why compatibility is somewhat overrated. A soul mate bring you a feeling that you are the most special person in the world.
How do you know that you have found the right person?
The difference between "partner" and "soul mate" is found in passivity and silence. If you always have to act in order to have stimulation in your relationship, if you feel you always have to talk and impress each other, regale each other with exciting tales, etc...then you have a partner.
But if you can simply hold each other, saying nothing, and still the pain goes away, then you have a soul mate. He or she knows your thoughts and secrets without your expressing them.
In dating, you should always be the peasant and not the aristocrat. An aristocrat waits for a person to come along and impress them. He focuses on what HE wants and what HE deserves. In the process, you overlook what you nees because you are too self-centered to truely evaulate the person you are with. Be a peasant. Be humble, and search for that person who makes you feel needed.
Make your date know that she comes first.
If you are bored, the problem is usually with you, not your date.
practical suggestions:
-talk about issues and values and the stories that formed these formative experiences
-do good deeds with your date, rather than just going to karaoke. That doesn't necessarily mean soup kitchen, but perhaps visiting a grandmother.
DATING, NOT 'RELATING'
People make the mistake of dating for personal growth rather than to discover another human being. You should be deepening the relationship with the other person, not with yourself.
HONORABLE ENDINGS
How do you know when a relationship is "right"? When it makes you feel alive and optimistic for your future together. If you no longer look forward to seeing her...if she irritates you, if she bores you, then you are in trouble. Do not make the mistake of staying with an unsatisfactory relationship out of a sense of guilt.
You know when you are in love, and when this ain't it, dump the schlump. Don't stay in an unhappy relationshiop because you are afraid of hurting her feelings, or worse, because you fear nothing better will come along.
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Send your relationship questions now!
Rabbi Shmuley, of Shalom in the Home, returns to WGN Morning News December 13 at 8:45ish. He is one of our favorite guests because he gives great advice.
Most self-help books contain useless, cliche' information:
-do your homework
-take it one day at a time
-be yourself
Rabbi Shmuley, author of books like DATING SECRETS OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, offers specific, helpful advice. (see below.) If you have relationship questions questions, submit them here, and we'll present them to Rabbi Shmuley on the 13th. In the meantime, here are some excerpts from Shmuley's book:
DATING SECRETS OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Today, far too few people date in order to find their soul mate. Instead, they search for a "partner." Because of a fundamental confusion of priorities, these men and women want to find a person who will provide them with many different and superficial things, rather than a companion who will connect with them on the deepest level.
Dating should never being with a list of what we HAVE. Rather, it must begin with making a mental list of what we lack. Only this will guarantee to make us feel whole. Sex and laughs are superficial. This is why compatibility is somewhat overrated. A soul mate bring you a feeling that you are the most special person in the world.
How do you know that you have found the right person?
The difference between "partner" and "soul mate" is found in passivity and silence. If you always have to act in order to have stimulation in your relationship, if you feel you always have to talk and impress each other, regale each other with exciting tales, etc...then you have a partner.
But if you can simply hold each other, saying nothing, and still the pain goes away, then you have a soul mate. He or she knows your thoughts and secrets without your expressing them.
In dating, you should always be the peasant and not the aristocrat. An aristocrat waits for a person to come along and impress them. He focuses on what HE wants and what HE deserves. In the process, you overlook what you nees because you are too self-centered to truely evaulate the person you are with. Be a peasant. Be humble, and search for that person who makes you feel needed.
Make your date know that she comes first.
If you are bored, the problem is usually with you, not your date.
practical suggestions:
-talk about issues and values and the stories that formed these formative experiences
-do good deeds with your date, rather than just going to karaoke. That doesn't necessarily mean soup kitchen, but perhaps visiting a grandmother.
DATING, NOT 'RELATING'
People make the mistake of dating for personal growth rather than to discover another human being. You should be deepening the relationship with the other person, not with yourself.
HONORABLE ENDINGS
How do you know when a relationship is "right"? When it makes you feel alive and optimistic for your future together. If you no longer look forward to seeing her...if she irritates you, if she bores you, then you are in trouble. Do not make the mistake of staying with an unsatisfactory relationship out of a sense of guilt.
You know when you are in love, and when this ain't it, dump the schlump. Don't stay in an unhappy relationshiop because you are afraid of hurting her feelings, or worse, because you fear nothing better will come along.
Before Batman battled the Joker, another superhero fought for justice--and she didn't need a Bat Pogo-Stick. Relive the drama of the Underground Railroad as Harriet Tubman "blazes a path for truth and the American Way" in the Harriet Tubman Action Play Set, which includes posable Harriet, freedom quilt, banjo and more! Just one of the bizarre gift ideas you can find online.
If you have any ideas, that don't include a farting/dancing/singing Santa/Elmo/Bass please let us know so we can share it with everyone.
My email of the day...from a guy named "Vince Rango" who told me to hav a "chillaxing weekend."
If you've made up a word that you'd like us to spread around the globe, please respond.
Vince Rango
We finally got a chance to talk to Ana on the air this morning and see photos of her new baby Amelia. She is a first time mom and we are soliciting advice for this first-time parent.
Marion Brooks at Channel 5 blogged about her cracked nipples but we don't need anything that graphic---just some practical advice of coping with babies, husbands, in-laws, and other judgemental mothers.
Submit your questions for WCKG 105.9FM "The Package" radio legends Steve Dahl & Garry Meier when they reunite for the first time on television, Thursday on WGN Morning News, to promote their appearance at a Gilda's Club Chicago charity event.
Rabbi Shmuley returns to WGN Morning News Thursday at 7:40am. He gives excellent advice. Send us your relationship questions whether they are related to romance or family issues. Leave a first name, and where you live.
You can leave it on this posting or email me at feedback@wgntv.com
Thanks
Larry