2012

Last Saturday-Monday I was camping near the relics of an old fort and stage coach stopover in the Mojave National Preserve in California with Arizona friends, including temporarily, the mysterious Sophy the boy. The weekend before that got to have RadioKBLA and her trusty sidekick, Spiderman, at my house for a few days to celebrate Christ. Tomorrow I head to New York for meetings and, incidentally, more quality time with some of my dearest and not-so-very nearest. The end of 2011/beginning of 2012 is going great and I just have to reflect from time to time on how amazing my life is. Not like, regular trips to Bali amazing, but like also booked a ticket to South Africa at the end of December, amazing. No resolutions, just trying to do the best I can for the most people (including myself) as many days of 2012 as I can. Happy New Year.

Weekend Recap

The whirlwind weekend in LA was wonderful. On a side note: I will go back, but I will fly there... the drive for just the weekend was ridiculous. Most of the weekend was spent in Roisin's backyard. There were many mimosas, two fabulous brunches and a good deal of Saturday watching my favorite almost-two-year-old frolic in a wading pool. Pics are amazing, would also probably land me in prison. People can be so touchy about naked babies... But there was so much laughing. One one level it seems silly to go all that way to sit around and laugh. On the other hand, if you don't get to do that in regular life, it's just the kind of vacation you need.

He's here! (in the world)

This Week

Two of my favorite beings, Kristina and Aberdeen, went under the knife for abdominal surgery. One surgery produced what I can only assume (I will see him ASAP) is a beautiful baby, the other one a plastic bag, toy rope, speaker wire and assorted other non-edibles. I'll leave it up to you to guess which was which. The good (best) news is that everyone and everything involved is doing well and recovering nicely. Except for the plastic bag, etc... we didn't bring that home from the vet. Although he offered...

Pavo

A little brown turkey will ready to come out of the oven tomorrow. Or be from his mother's womb untimely ripped. Whichever you prefer. I am looking forward to meeting the little nugget. And even more excited to teach him swear words.

Let me be the first to say, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHAN!

Names, Vol. I

As you may be aware, my wife and her husband are expecting a baby in late fall/early winter. Since it's due right around thanksgiving, Pavo would be an obvious choice for a Dominican/Norwegian baby. Unfortunately, I think it's a little trite... so here is the first installment of my suggestions for baby names:

For a Boy:

Barwon
Dorak
Toste
Thorulffr
Snorre
Gamel
Borg
Iago
Gower
Bo

For a girl:

Valgerdr
Linda
Tourmaline
Bo

There's always the standby of Sarah for a girl, or Saroh for a boy. But we'll get to middle names in the second trimester.