Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Naming the pack : Part II - T. to the A.N.K.

Poor baby Tank. Such a short name for such an adorable pup. I had to find a way to give his name some of his outstanding personality. Fortunately the last letter of Tank is "K" so Kaiser fit right in. Having watched a lot of Star Trek as a child, "T" could be nothing other than Tiberius. The "A" was a problem. You see I have 3 nephews whose names begin with "A" - Aaron, Adam and Andrew were all eliminated as options. My friend Tony hates his real name, but it fit with Tiberius so that was solved. Now for the "N". I tried several boys names and none of them worked when I said the entire name out loud. Then it came to me... my favorite cartoon - Jimmy Neutron. 

Tiberius Anthony Neutron Kaiser - he's the cutest puppy at Boxer Central

That is also the first line of his song. Imagine if you will some old fashioned Schoolhouse Rock. Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.
That is the melody and I never wrote another line for it, so I just repeat it a few times.