Tropical Storm Dora has formed in the Eastern Pacific, south of Mexico, and is expected to become a major hurricane within the next three days. This has produced an amusing tweet exchange among those of us familiar with the storm’s Nickelodeon namesake (Loyacita’s favorite show in the universe by far): Andy Glockner: “Can you say dangerously high winds? Say it!… Read more »
P.S. For those who missed the arrival post, this is “Loyabelle,” born July 12, 2011 at 2:25 PM, weighing 8 pounds 6.1 ounces, measuring 21 inches, with brown hair. She’s perfect. Baby and mommy are healthy. Yay!!! Loyabelle is, of course, baby #3 for Becky and me. Tomorrow is the 2nd birthday of #2, “Loyacita.” She and “Loyette,” 3 1/2,… Read more »
Born July 12, 2011 at 2:25 PM, 8 pounds 6.1 ounces, 21 inches, with brown hair. She’s perfect. Baby and mommy are healthy. Yay!!! Unofficially, subject to verification, Keri Hyles wins date/time portion of Baby Pool (by just 3 minutes over Alasdair!) and Uncle Larry wins weight/length portion (in a tiebreaker over Mom herself, Becky).
On the eve of the big day, I went outside to install our infant car seat — and when I opened the garage door, I saw this: Larger view here. P.S. I’m not sure how much Becky or I will be updating our respective Twitter feeds tomorrow. Probably not too much. But to the extent we post any updates, you’ll… Read more »
Or maybe later today. But probably tomorrow. At Becky’s OB checkup this morning, we learned that there’s been some progress since last Tuesday, and there is no longer any reason to even contemplate delaying the long-planned, and repeatedly hinted at, July 12 induction (that’s at 40 weeks + 4 days, for those scoring at home). So, tomorrow it is, unless… Read more »
No, this isn’t a Shuttle follow-up. It’s a post about baby news. Or the lack thereof. The final days before a baby’s arrival — Baby Girl Loy #3, a.k.a. “Loyabelle,” was “due” on Friday, and is most likely coming out no later than Tuesday — are so strange. A huge amount of your attention is devoted to a countdown to… Read more »
Overcoming concerns about weather — and a last-minute technical hitch that created a dramatic countdown hold at T-minus 31 seconds, with just minutes remaining in the launch window — the Space Shuttle Atlantis rocketed into space a few minutes ago, a picture-perfect final launch for NASA’s 30-year Shuttle program. [UPDATE: Apparently, liftoff occurred with just 58 seconds left in the… Read more »
I say again, OMG OMG OMG: Fans can rest assured…that their patience will be paid off fully, and some, in the final epic Harry Potter chapter. The eighth and final installment goes out with a bang, pulling on heart strings at every turn. In this, the grandest of grand cinematic endings, Harry Potter finally confronts and conquers dark Lord Voldemort… Read more »
Jason Isaacs, the actor who plays Lucius Malfoy, relates a great story I hadn’t heard before about how a memorable exchange in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was improvised: I remember my very first day, I improvised a line. … I had to kind of flounce out of a room when Dumbledore, played by the late, great Richard… Read more »
An old New York Times article predicting, in broad terms, the rise and impact of the Internet, published on the day Becky was born — June 14, 1982 — is making the rounds on Twitter tonight. The article reports on an NSF-affiliated study that, once you get past the silly names (“teletext and videotex”), is remarkably prescient in many ways…. Read more »