Le quatrième! (cont'd)

Il est une fille! Looks like it'll be A GIRL come mid-August! The top picture is her foot. The lower picture is the bottom view of the baby's butt, like the photocopy from a female office worker sitting on the copy machine. (Sorry, that's my best analogy.) :-) The arrows are pointing to her ... well ... y'know ... her thingy.

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Richard Jeni -- Rest In Peace

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." -- Charles Kingsley

I know that the clinical depression that comedian Richard Jeni was diagnosed with before he took his life may be a much complicated matter. Still, I'd like to think that Charles Kingsley's insight above would be the cure-all for life's grievances.

Here's to Richard and the smiles he gave us, and the best of comfort to all his family and friends.

Le quatrième!

That is, número cuarto! Our fourth child is on the way! Yay, my rock band is now complete! Or now we can pair off nicely at the amusement park rides. Or now there's more love in the air. Or something good newsy like that.

Melinda is currently at four months and is due this mid-August. As for girl or boy status, we'll know by next week at our scheduled obgyn appointment. Then we'll be better settled on a name; a cool one like "Winter" or "Stealth" or "Neo" or "Airbender", although I'm not so sure on how keen Melinda is about it. :-)

Anyway, that's the news and all that's implied that are keeping me quite preoccupied.

Go, baby, go!

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