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Maria Elizabeth Combs (“mec”) Born via Cesarean Section at 10:40pm February 10 8 lbs 5 oz 19 inches long APGAR score: 9.9 Mom and baby are doing well. I have never been more scared, elated, or tired in my life. Pics to follow

Dude! I mean, Dad! (and Mom! and big Bro!) Jeff Roberts - Feb 0, 2007 Dude! I mean, Dad! (and Mom! and big Bro!) Congratulations! Congratulations! You are the man … no, wait, Whitney is the man. Congratulations to all three (and Joey) from all of us here at the Jarvis house …

I love “Grey’s Anatomy”, but they Jumped the Shark many different ways last night. A very special…: On tonight’s very special introduction to the three-episode story-arc from Hell, we concoct a ferry-boat hitting a container ship, turn thousands of characters you don’t care about into hamburger so that we can beleaguer a metaphor for a central character who feels lost. Yay. Hair care…: We will have an entire, poorly shot elevator scene of uncomfortable actors trying to do material about an aging, balding black man’s hair. The only female will cluck her hen-like, “Leave him Be!” Four more times that should be allowed by the Screen Actor’s Guild. ...

“Man, you look on edge. You haven’t even said anything and you just look totally stressed!” “My family tree isn’t so much a tree as a climbing, criss-crossing trestle of ivy.” “You ever wonder if Jesus told a lot of jokes? I have this vision of him telling all these blonde jokes then going, ‘No, really…they’re these people from up North. Scandinavia. Bah, what do you people know from comedy?! Oy Vey!’”

So, I’m set-up at my kitchen table, laptop open, totally “in the zone”. Birds are singing, pregnant women are speaking, and kids are flying around everywhere (as kids are wont to do…) Whitney catches my eye and says, “Do you do that at the office, too?” “Huh?” W: “Do you randomly yell at your computer?” Had to think about that for a minute. “Yeah, I guess I do…” :-) * * * ...

Yeah, about that: Whitney’s very strong, regular contractions just…stopped…right around 10 today. Then they went back to the irregular, 7-10-12-10 minute pattern they’ve been in for 2 weeks now. I’ve gone through the gamut today–excitement, concentration, benevolence, resignation, exhaustion, anger, disappointment, and now (post power-nap) resignation.

Contracting since last night. Moderate to hard contractions since 4am. Joey at a friends house since 6:30 this morning. Contractions in the 5-to-3 minute range. Waters intact, and no show yet.

Yeah…February of 78 was pretty bad That’s when I was conceived. :-) * * * We’re under a ‘Heavy Snow Warning’ for tonight. 3-5 inches expected. EVERYBODY PANIC. Okay, done? Good. Yeah, probably gonna pick-up a snow shovel today, somewhere.

Fond, FOND memories of that magical winter. Trudg… Jeff Roberts - Feb 2, 2007 Fond, FOND memories of that magical winter. Trudging through the snow to Mike Lee’s house where we mixed Campbell’s soups with spices from his mother’s cabinets…and sometimes even ATE our dastardly creation. Walking the length of the frozen creek through Sycamore Estates, almost shooting his sister’s eye out with a needle dart (OK, not so fond there), listening to AM talk radio where they had “snow shark” warnings. Ahhh, childhood. ...

I can only imagine, but what I’m feeling now is a nervous anticipation, similar to what I’d expect a paratrooper feels making his first jump. I’ve trained for this, but I’ve never done it before. Can I deal with having a daughter born on Groundhog Day? :-) (Short answer–sure…the nicknames they come a-plenty: Shadow, Weathergirl, Punxsutawney.) We had a bunch of snow this morning (“bunch” in Kentucky-ese is 1 or 2 inches), so I went down to work to grab my laptop and I came back home. Whitney’s had semi-regular contractions last night after her acupuncture, so we’ll see what happens. I’m attempting to stay calm, but I’ve got this dual thing going on–I’m very here in the moment, and I’m also distant from it. Can’t REALLY believe I’m about to be a father. ...

You can ignore this if my previous comment actuall… Jeff Roberts - Feb 5, 2007 You can ignore this if my previous comment actually took…I guess Groundhog Day beats April Fool’s - we escaped that by less than 7 hours. Poor Katie would only be turning 4 this year! Kinda messy out there. The bridge over I-75 and the on-ramp were SLICK! ...

It’s pictures like this that make me want to travel: Full set here

okie….thats an aerial view, prolly taken from a … Whitney - Jan 3, 2007 okie….thats an aerial view, prolly taken from a helicopter….no thanks. And it’s not cold enough here for you?! brrrrr…. :) Actually, it was taken from a prop-driven puddle jumper that made me have flashbacks to the Movie ‘Alive’, especially when the guy talks about the approach into Quito, Ecuador. ...

I swear, the pre-merger Merc diesels are the automotive equivalent of Chuck Norris.

I’ve been touch typing ever since I was about 12, though that initial learning curve was steep, and I’m not all l33t like the guys who use the Dvorak layout. Had a random thought this morning as I was clickety-clacking away on my 12th email…is typing a perishable skill, or is it muscle memory like bicycling? That is, if I stop typing today, how long (if ever) would it take me to forget how to type? ...

But, Wal mart TLE [Tire/Lube Express] isn’t there for knowledgeable people who care about their vehicles. Wal mart TLE is there for Mama with her Taurus or Trans Sport who runs the tires till they’re bald and the oil till it is so black it has it’s own gravity. Ah, I love The Car Lounge

:) hehe As one (satisfied) customer said “If I’m going to pay $4 for a cup of coffee, I’m not going to get served by a guy.” article

Watched this trainwreck with Whitney last night. Full disclosure: I LOVE Maya Rudolph. Love her. Don’t know why. Anyway, the movie’s basically Mike Judge running amok for 90 minutes with Matte paintings, bad SNL actors (sorry, redundant. Should say: “SNL Actors”). The premise is pretty good, actually–that smart people will be squeezed out of existence by dumb people who have LOTS of kids. Think the dumb kids in high school that get all the attention and resources, spread over a planetary scale. ...

Sounds like a classic science fiction story I read… JarvoSpeaks - Feb 5, 2007 Sounds like a classic science fiction story I read years ago called “The Marching Morons” … wonder if there’s a connection?

No, not the pitter-patter of little feet. Bought Joey and myself a pair of these: Yep, Yamaha YRN-22B Baroque-fingering recorders. Perfect instrument to teach some musical basics. I still have my tenor sax and a frankenstein clarinet from my days in the Breathitt County High School Band of Pride, but neither is suited to a 6-year-old. Music was a big part my life, and now I’d like to at least introduce that to Joey and the rest of our children. If he likes it, great. If he doesn’t, that’s fine too, but at least it will broaden his horizons a bit. ...