Bundle of Joyishness

So my buddies Mandi and Dave had a baby a couple of weeks ago. I mean, Mandi had the baby, and I assume Dave was just there to watch. If both of them had the baby, it be a miracle of science that would spawn a Lifetime Original Movie.

His name is Raymond Alexander (their last name here), which means his first and middle initials spell RA.

Like the Egyptian bird dude with the sun on his head. Or, according to this site, "The supreme god. Son of Nut." (Hey, that joke was just too easy.)

And anyway, RA isn't that bad of a god, as far as the Egyptian pantheon goes. This kid would really have issues if his initials spelled out THOTH or something.

Eh, I'm just kidding around. I wish Mandi and Dave — and the little guy — much health and happiness. He was in NICU for eight days for a respiratory infection, and he's on a heart monitor now. As she said, "It sucks, but better to be safe than sorry."

She also said, "He's absolutely adorable and such a good baby." I'll take her word on it, because Paul and I have decided we want a few more years of "couple time" (and "doctorate time" and "maybe-move-out-of-town time") before we consider kids.

In other news...

Today is National Punctuation Day.

I really should have snagged the apostrophe shirt (see the picture to the right). If you can't read the caption, it says, "It's not possessive." ::grins:: The NPD site has quite a few other shirts worth checking out, too.

Trouble about being an editor is that I can't turn off editing like a light switch. I mean, I don't care about errors in e-mail or IMs or IRC ... but it really jumps out at me when I see a mistake on the national news or on a billboard or in a magazine, etc.

Case in point: A newly opened business down the street has a big fancy sign that reads SOFA'S TODAY. Matt was in town when the sign was erected, and as I lamented the apostrophe, he told me, "Maybe today is the sofa's day."

Mmhmm. Sure.