Once upon a blog, part 1

Tuesday, 29 November 2005

Once upon a blog, part 1

Ladies and gentlemen, and children of all ages... step right up and get ready to welcome the first baby born to a Mo'timer, having been cheered on by other Mo'timers through the entire pregnancy. I think that I speak for a lot of people as I take stock of the fact that this little community gets less virtual and more real day by day. Yes, our own AmericanGirl is giving birth by caesarean section to AmericanBaby in New York, Wednesday, November 30, 2005! There's not a dry eye in the house as AmericanGirl is a well-loved member of this digital village. Congrats AmericanGirl and husband, soon there will be little person to get to know.

Watching people come together like this is very satisfying to me. I've had the pleasure of being here when we opened our doors and have seen many people come and go, and stay. I have had the most incredible ride -- reading the words and looking at the images that you people have put on your blogs -- incredible stuff about art and joy, illness and death, fear and loathing, animal and mineral and the intangible essence of what it means to be human. I fantasize about having a rolling Mo'time party that would start out here in Italy and travel all around the world, gathering people as we go until we all return to, to, to a place as yet to be decided for a really wild finale.

I hope to be able to write part 2 tomorrow -- with some great news.

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#1 29 November 2005 - 22:42

Spumantes on the house!

rustymadgal

#2 29 November 2005 - 22:42

Looking forward to hearing the news! I've watched the counter display as the days have fallen off and now the time is so near. Congratulations AmericanGirl and hubby and little precious person!

Jackal

#3 29 November 2005 - 23:52

crying, between spumantes, of course! howard, that will be some party. very cool.

Leigh

#4 30 November 2005 - 01:27

Sob. . . where has the time gone. . .and here I am blubbing in my turkey pot pie about my own woes. . . .Definitely a time for a party!

As the father of 5 sparkling little spumantes I can truely say that each one is like the first when they're born--wonderful. Congratulations. Hope everything is hunky dory. Does AmericanBaby have a name yet or will there be a contest?

ChefNeal

#5 30 November 2005 - 07:59

Yay, contest! I say she names the baby Skeletor, as I was originally going to be named. I regret every minute that I am not actually named Skeletor. One vote for Skeletor.

Anyway, Howard, like your way of thinking. Start thinking up some way to get everybody in one place.

Yay for AmericanGirl! Someone tell her to get some sleep already.

Randis

#6 30 November 2005 - 16:35

Simply fantastic isn't it? Maybe AB is taking a first breath as I type!!! It's so funny how I woke up excited this morning (like so many of you) knowing today is the big day and I've "only" met AmericanGirl here. Won't it be fun to pass AB around at our big Mo'Party?

And I did try to get her to leave the baby naming business up to us but she was just so damn stubborn about the issue. Her and Ryan want to name AB. Sheesh. I don't know that I'm over it yet to tell you the truth.

Here's to one vote for the name Howard.