I am posting the news here first as an exclusive for all of the faithful readers of Have a nice summer, which, from recent comments, would seem to consist of Mavis and myself.
My wife and I are expecting! My lovely wife just entered her second trimester, which means the wee one should arrive (well, emerge) around the end of September or beginning of October. Our child seems to be destined to be a Libra (who will hopefully balance us) and I'm going to hazard a guess s/he will be left-handed, as seemingly every Libra I know is left-handed (to balance out how ridiculously right-wing our leaders, if not our nation, are?--sorry Mavis, I know you wanted to keep this blog politics-free).
We don't know the sex yet so names are on the back-burner for now. I'm kind of fond of Ganesh, although my wife is not so sure we should be naming our child after other people's gods. I think she may actually believe in karma. I hope for my sake it doesn't exist--I just killed the first fly of the season and I've already been battling the ants. I love all creatures just so long as they stay out of my house.
We may not be able to make the trek north this year since the wee one will be so wee, but we'll definitely send pictures, although we do plan on coming north at the end of June for my parents' 50th anniversary.
Really, maybe we should name the child after my friend Tasnima, a new mother herself, who sent her "have baby" blessings when we were weren't sure we would succeed.
I'm not sure I have the same powers as Tasnima, but for anyone out there who wants them, I send my "have baby" blessings, too.
30 March, 2007
23 March, 2007
Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty
Last Sunday I went to a preparation class for our trip to China in August. We discussed the itinerary, which will include the Great Wall, many Buddhist temples and Imperial Gardens. Afterwards, I went home and watched "Borat". I was particularly entertained by the wrestling scene with the naked fat man.
On Tuesday, I came home from work and watched "Stranger than Fiction". The movie is about an IRS agent who is obsessed with numbers. He counts everything, including steps. After the movie, I took my recently increased dosage anti-anxiety medication and went to bed.
That night I dreamed that I was climbing the Great Wall and getting in trouble with school because I kept miscounting the steps. (I kept forgetting to start at zero, versus starting with one.) When we were done counting steps, we went into an Imperial garden with a beautiful waterfall. Under the waterfall there was a man in a giant flesh-colored, naked Happy Buddha fat suit. He was dancing very much like Harvey Keitel in the "The Bad Lieutenant".
I know where all of this came from, most of it's obvious. But, what does it mean? Is a naked Buddha in a flesh-colored fat suit just a naked Buddha in a flesh-colored fat suit? Or is it a cigar?
On Tuesday, I came home from work and watched "Stranger than Fiction". The movie is about an IRS agent who is obsessed with numbers. He counts everything, including steps. After the movie, I took my recently increased dosage anti-anxiety medication and went to bed.
That night I dreamed that I was climbing the Great Wall and getting in trouble with school because I kept miscounting the steps. (I kept forgetting to start at zero, versus starting with one.) When we were done counting steps, we went into an Imperial garden with a beautiful waterfall. Under the waterfall there was a man in a giant flesh-colored, naked Happy Buddha fat suit. He was dancing very much like Harvey Keitel in the "The Bad Lieutenant".
I know where all of this came from, most of it's obvious. But, what does it mean? Is a naked Buddha in a flesh-colored fat suit just a naked Buddha in a flesh-colored fat suit? Or is it a cigar?
02 March, 2007
Roots
I went to PA last weekend for an uncle's funeral. I say "an uncle" because I have many - my dad is the youngest of 17 children, 14 of whom lived to adulthood. I am the 58th grandchild of my grandparents on my dad's side. It's a miracle my grandma knew who I was (she did too). I have my dad's brothers (3 left) and my aunt's husbands (2 left, 1 new one coming in May).
Last weekend was notable for several things.
1) Yuengling. The oldest brewery in the US. Good beer. I've had the oldest in England (Young's) and the oldest in the US. I had manyYuengling's and enjoyed them all.
2) Johnstown Brewing Company where I bought growlers of South Fork Dam Beer and Steelworker's Oatmeal Stout. I just really liked telling everyone I was going to buy some Dam Beer. Repeatedly.
3) Dinner at Cityview on top of the Inclined Plane (steepest in the world). You can view the City of Johnstown, Flood City USA in all its glory.
4) George's Song Shop, the longest running music store in the United States (songs sorted by record label.) I bought Wall of Voodoo "Mexican Radio", a Buzzcocks 45, REM "Bandwagon"/"Can't Get There from Here" and Dinah Washington's "September in the Rain".
5) Uncle Sonny gave me my grandmother's personal photo album (which I got to go through with my aunts and uncles) AND his box of 77 Johnstown Flood memorabilia.
6) Quality time with my parents which included enjoying them enjoying satellite radio. And a Cadillac CTS that they don't know how to operate (too computerized). Quite a trip.
I'll write more tomorrow but DMC's looking like he wants company.
Last weekend was notable for several things.
1) Yuengling. The oldest brewery in the US. Good beer. I've had the oldest in England (Young's) and the oldest in the US. I had manyYuengling's and enjoyed them all.
2) Johnstown Brewing Company where I bought growlers of South Fork Dam Beer and Steelworker's Oatmeal Stout. I just really liked telling everyone I was going to buy some Dam Beer. Repeatedly.
3) Dinner at Cityview on top of the Inclined Plane (steepest in the world). You can view the City of Johnstown, Flood City USA in all its glory.
4) George's Song Shop, the longest running music store in the United States (songs sorted by record label.) I bought Wall of Voodoo "Mexican Radio", a Buzzcocks 45, REM "Bandwagon"/"Can't Get There from Here" and Dinah Washington's "September in the Rain".
5) Uncle Sonny gave me my grandmother's personal photo album (which I got to go through with my aunts and uncles) AND his box of 77 Johnstown Flood memorabilia.
6) Quality time with my parents which included enjoying them enjoying satellite radio. And a Cadillac CTS that they don't know how to operate (too computerized). Quite a trip.
I'll write more tomorrow but DMC's looking like he wants company.
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