Old Wives Tales Only Work 50% of the Time in Determining Babies

The nurse asked Holly "So what do you think its going to be?" She replied "Well our needle and thread trick says its going to be a girl and lately Ive been guessing that is what its going to be." The nurse says, "Well its a boy." "What? are you sure!" The nurse said, "Yes...I dont guess." As I was both excited and surprised I laughed to myself that superstitions and wives tales such as the needle and thread trick are still passed down. Of course in determining the sex of the baby there is a 50/50 chance. Why not flip a coin? Anyway, Jordan is very excited to have a younger brother. Last night he already plans on dressing him in Buffalo Bills (his now favorite team) regalia. SO we are still discussing names but have narrowed it down to a few.
Speaking of football did anyone happen to catch the super bowl? I was rooting for the Pats. One game away from a perfect season. Near the end the Giants threw a hail mary pass on a 3rd and 22 and got the first down. Looking at the replay I noticed that the Giants quarterback had a patriots defensive lineman's arm grabbing him and then suddenly let go. What happened? A Giants player grabbed from behind. Normally that would be a holding penalty. Rarely do refs miss that call especially with a line judge standing near the quarterback. No call. That was a lucky play. Even the catch was unbelievable. From there they were able to drive down the field. Time ticking away... as I thought. I noticed that there were three plays on the final drive that the clock keeper reset the clock. So the Giants received an extra 15 seconds. They were able to score a touchdown. There were other horribly costly calls against New England that kept the Giants in the game. Normally I say that "thats just part of the game." However, I noticed the Giants were rarely penalized. Am I bitter that the Pats lost? No way. They had a great season. But calls that are usually made in the regular season are not made during the super bowl. I would talk about the Steelers/Seahawks super bowl two seasons ago but that would make this blog really long.
Alright here is a nice fun fact if you care. So why do the Irish have last names like O'Reilly or MacMillian? In the 10th century people in Ireland valued family as the most important part of society. Families were grouped into a sept, septs grouped into clans, and clans into tribes. These people of Celtic ancestory claim to all come from a common ancestor. So families began to prefix Ui or O' (grandson) to their tribal name to indicate their decendent. Some used prefixed Mac(son) when they wanted to use their father's name. So for example Eric Mac (shortened to Mc when irish immigrants came to the US) Donald was the son of Donald. This tradition was carried over from when the Norsemen had mixed with the locals. The famous Norsemen Leif Ericsson was the son of ... Eric the Red! So I wonder if the only reason why McDonalds carry's the "Shamrock" shake is to carry this pride in national heritage.