Jon Blake Cusack 2.0
| Jon Blake Cusack und seine
Frau Jamie Lyn Cusack sind stolze Eltern
eines neugeborenen Jungen. Aber da fangen die Probleme erst an: Wie
soll der Kleine heißen? Der Vater, der von sich selbst sagt, er
sei ein
"Engineering Geek" - was immer das auch auf Deutsch heißen mag -,
fand
die Lösung: "Jon Blake Cusack 2.0"! Die üblichen Zusätze
"jr." oder "II"
fand er zu abgegriffen. Umfragen im Bekanntenkreis hätten zudem
allgemeine Zustimmung ergeben, wenn auch die Männer begeisterter
waren
als die Frauen. Was sich anhört wie ein Scherz, ist gar keiner: Man kann hierzu nachlesen, was der "Holland Sentinel" zu diesem (bisher) einmaligen Namensgebungsvorgang so migeteilt hat.  |
 Die frohen Eltern mit ihrer Version 2.0 |
| Baby version 2.0 Local couple names newborn with a nod toward software style By ROEL GARCIA Staff writer There's a new kid in town, version 2.0. No, it's not a computer upgrade. The 2.0 belongs to Jon Blake Cusack 2.0 -- that's his legal name -- born Tuesday at Holland Community Hospital. Jon Blake Cusack, the newborn's father, who is self-employed with Westshore Design and Cusack Music, said he's an engineering geek and had the idea floating around for a few months. He spent the better part of that time convincing his wife, Jamie, of his naming idea. "I wanted to find something different to name him besides Jon Blake," Cusack, of Holland, said. "The names 'Jr.' and 'II' are too common." At first, Jamie, who works with her husband, wasn't keen on the idea of having 2.0 added to the end of her newborn's name, but she finally conceded last week. "We watched a movie called "The Legend of 1900" and there was a baby in the movie who was abandoned by his mother on a ship," Jamie said. "Those who found him called him 1900 because of the year. "I thought that if they could do it, why couldn't we? Besides, I had picked out the theme of the baby's room and done other things. I decided to let Jon have this." When their son was born, Jon sent out an e-mail and wrote it up as if he and his wife had created new software. "I wrote in the birth announcement e-mail stuff like 'there's a lot of features from version 1.0 (himself) with additional features from Jamie,'" Jon said. Jamie has taken to the 2.0 and has begun looking at the future possibilities the name could have for her son. "Jon designs circuit boards and he initials them JBC," she said. "If he (son) decides to enter that business, he could initial the circuits JBC 2.0." Both say that the majority of those they've spoken with like the idea of 2.0. Jamie said she took polls and all the men she asked said they thought 2.0 was "cool." Women were not as receptive, with only two approving of the name. "I think women will end up liking it," she said. Jon 2.0 is the Cusacks' first child. He was born Tuesday morning, weighing in at 9.8 pounds and was 22 inches long. The Cusacks brought their baby home Friday afternoon. And what does the future hold for Jon 2.0? If he has a child, the tradition could continue. "If he has child, he could name him 3.0," Jon said. "The first (1.0) would have major revisions, then we have 2.0 and 3.0." |