Babification

PS. I’m feeling much more comfortable about Obama now that he has had this sit-down with the ChiTrib. Should have happened months ago. Glad it happened now, and not in Sept./Oct.

We always loaded our little ankle-biter in through the open sunroof, but then neither of the doors on our Yugo functioned very well after that first winter of ice and road salt. A Prius is better; I’m looking for one myself. The day of reckoning draws near, yes? Give us an update on the projected due date. And be sure to rub Jeanne’s feet at the end of each day. She may actually hold back a bit as she curses, punches and throttles you repeatedly during the birthing process. The night before our due date, we went for a long leisurely stroll through the neighborhood and the little bugger dropped right down into perfect pelvic position. Once the water broke, the blighter was out in barely three hours. Hint: start dumping hideous amounts of money into an education IRA for college. Right now would not be too soon. Good luck, buddy! All the best to you, Jeanne and Fonzie. I may be as excited as you guys are by the coming birth.

This is getting exciting. I assume you will immediately post the details regarding Fonzie as soon as he’s born (ok, within 2 hours).

Very good friend got a Prius (one of the silver gray ones). What a delightful vehicle to travel in, and the dashboard tends to mesmerize me. It’s for all practical purposes an entertainment center.

And remember, Adam, these fundamental Rules of the South (where duct tape is known as Alabama chrome): if it moves and it shouldn’t, duct tape it (Fonzie with the just-can’t-help-its?); if it doesn’t move and it should, WD-40 it (maybe you after the third sleep-deprived night?).

I’ve never had a child, but I do have a Prius, so if you need any advice… Actually, the only advice I’d offer is satellite radio — XM carries major league baseball. As for the car itself, mine’s a “classic” 2002 model. I just drove from W-S to Chapel Hill and that little mileage indicator is at 50.3 MPG. Sweet.

I´m sure young Fonzie found reassurance in the baby name study reported on WWDTM today (I´m assuming that you place an AM radio on Jeanne´s tummy for his weekly prenatal WWDTM ritual).

I have neither a child nor a Prius, but I´ve heard very good things about both!

piglet, it only hit me last night that I also know you from The Comics Curmudgeon.

I remember seeing Ice Weasel once at that site. I think he runs a Prius Owners’ group. Has anyone heard from him lately?

Harold - yes, I have commented on that site, but not often, as I don’t have the attention span to read the hundreds of previous comments to make sure I’m not repeating somebody else.

The Comics Curmudgeon helps me with the inexplicable red-hot rage I feel towards the Family Circus.

siobhan - I spotted an interesting language evolution taking place at The Prius Owners Group site in regard to the plural of the species. I spotted: Prius’, Priuses, and my favorite, Prii.

siobhan, that is disturbing and highly addictive.

Ah yes, self-effacing, post-existential, neo-nihilistic faux comedy–soooo 2006.

Ah, the ‘95 Saturn … I know it well. Not sure how a baby seat’ll fit in, but gettin’ in with crutches is a mo-fo.

Can I say “mo-fo”? Or will I just get “queued”?

‘Cuz that’d be a bitch.

And I’ll miss Popeye, too.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/cartoonsandvideos/toles_ main.html?name=Toles&date=03172008&type=c

Aunt Sam,

That’s your district? You’ve got to be bursting with pride. My representative is Tom Feeney, most beloved for heading up the Tom Delay defense fund, so I’m basically bursting with embarrassment. But a win anywhere is a win for all of us, so I was pretty thrilled when I first learned about that victory for America. Sure hope your district is a harbinger of good things to come.

David~
We had a lot to make up for after what? seventeen terms of Hastert?

It’ll be interesting to see what happens in November, when Bill Foster comes up for re-election after seven months in office. The responders in some of the local papers are foaming at the mouth, asserting that it’s all the immigrants and young idealists who have moved from the city to the suburbs that gave the Dems the election. (One person actually wrote that once they realize it’s the Repubs’ policies that created the suburbs, they’ll switch parties.)

I hope the local Democratic organization doesn’t blow it. All my quiet Democratic friends & neighbors & I probably need to start volunteering now….

Allegedly, there are some in the Republican leadership who have just realized how unelectable Oberweis truly is, and are considering trying to get someone else on the ballot in November. But they can’t do that, right? Oberweis beat Lauzen in the primary; they can’t just declare someoene else the candidate- it’s not as though they’re the Cook County Board.
It’s been interesting too to read the exchange between Oberweis’s daughter, who identifies herself as a liberal, and Eric Zorn, a Chicago Tribune columnist, about how hurtful the attacks on the family have been.

Murray … same thing happened to me in the back of a 1972 VW Microbus. We were driving down the onramp onto the Eisenhower Expressway, my brother and I sitting in the “way back” (actually, we called it the “very back,” for some reason) by the back hatch, when the sumbitch opened right up, and out I went. Well, I went half-way out, to be accurate. Good thing my brother had quick reflexes. He pulled me in with one hand and slammed the hatch closed with the other.

Man, you can extort a lot out of your parents when they feel that guilty. On the downside, I’m indebted to my brother, like, for life, ya know?

Hey, driving was much more of an adventure back then.