Baby born on plane from London to Boston, diverted to Halifax

I just had to link this story. Amazing.

The First Ultrasound

This is pretty funny - we get kind of excited here.

Elliot's Dream

Elliot's Dream
Originally uploaded by lisaremi.

Our dear, dear friend Lisa Remillard gave us a framed print of this photo at Elliot's baby shower. It's the first thing we put up to decorate his bedroom. She's the type of person who makes herself available (she's always outdoors) to see and photograph beautiful sites like this.

Elliot will be a month old on Saturday. Time is really flying.

"... the building stands, the car now runs, the lights are on"

Here's a great article on the social devaluation of trades or "blue collar" work in favor of training "knowledge workers".

No more English, once I am done speaking.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language, such as “pizzas,” which will now be known as “elastic loaves.” - Associated Press.

A very funny rant by someone channeling Ahmadinejad on his "glorious linguistic jihad", via The New Yorker.