Nephew PicSpam!!!

[jpskewedthrone]

I've been quiet the last few days because of Boskone. Yes, I'm going to blame it on Boskone! The con isn't until next weekend, but being a planner, I looked ahead and realized that the first exam in all of my classes is the week after Boskone and so I'd probably better get my ass in gear and get those exams written NOW because I wouldn't have time while partying at Boskone. So I've spent the last few days doing the normal stuff (grading quizzes/writing lectures) ALONG WITH planning and writing the exams (which I would normally have done next weekend). I've got them all done now, thankfully. These are just rough drafts, since I don't know where I'll get to by the time the exam rolls around, but after Boskone I can come back to these and tweak them for material covered, timing, points, etc. Typing them usually takes up the most time, and that's out of the way now.

I'm planning on cracking Civ IV tonight, play around with how to do something on that. Anything really. I started up a game, stared at the opening screen with tribesmen waiting for orders, emitted and BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! . . . and then carefully turned it off because I had other stuff that needed to be done. That's all I've done. I don't even know how to move the tribesmen around to tell them to kill people yet. *grin*

And now, for the picspam! Here are some pics of the first nephew. The first shot is the happy parents, pre-pop, at the hospital. Note the smiling faces. All the rest are afterwards (obviously), the first few about 30 seconds after birth. Not the exhausted faces and lack of smiles. It apparently took about 18 hours. Born February 1st, 1am, Pacific Standard Time. I'll get to see the tyke in April when I'm there for Norwescon. I'm assuming that's enough time for the parents to settle in and get some sleep, although that's not what I've heard from them so far. But enough chitchat. You aren't here to talk to the author, are you? You want baby pics!














Tomorrow (I think), I've got an interesting question to post to everyone. Sort of research for me, but also hopefully it will spark some intriguing thoughts from all of you as well, make you think or speculate or whatever. Or it will generate no thoughts whatsoever. *shrug* We'll see.

ETA: Apparently these pics have suffered from the AOL picture problem I was dealing with before. I'm trying to fix that now. And may I say, I'm so totally pissed with AOL. ROYALLY. PISSED.

ETA 2: So if you aren't using the AOL browser, can you see the pics? I couldn't see them when I used Explorer, but maybe that's just me.

Comments

[kathleenfoucart.livejournal.com]

I'm using Firefox and I can see them. What a cutie!

[barbarienne.livejournal.com]

Ditto. Firefox on a Mac, for me.

[mordraeth.livejournal.com]

I have google chrome, that works fine :) congrats on being an uncle, and to the family!

[rkbwrites.livejournal.com]

Pictures came up aok on IE before you took the post down.

Pictures are fine now.

[patknuth.livejournal.com]

I can see the pics, and I'm using IE. Congrats on the new nephew!

Pics are Great!

[vespican.livejournal.com]

As another Internet Explorer user, I don't have any trouble viewing the pics. Perhaps had I tried earlier after you first posted them, I might have had trouble.
I see the wonderment in their eyes that I remember feeling when Jessica was born...over eighteen years ago, now.
Dave

[cedunkley.livejournal.com]

I use IE as well and I can see all of the pics. This is the first time I think all of the pics in a post of yours load.

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

I'm seeing 'em fine in Explorer.

The kid's too cute to be related to you.

[ckastens.livejournal.com]

Baby! Congrats!

[libwitch.livejournal.com]

I can see them fine if FF too. What a big baby!

[ramblin-phyl.livejournal.com]

No problem with Firefox on my itty bitty netbook

[music-lover3.livejournal.com]

I can see them fine on Explorer. Aww, he's so cute!!

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

He is utterly adorable.

And spoiling nephews is the best gig. I have seven and they are the most fun ever.

[darkspires.livejournal.com]

Ah, he is so cute, he looks a good sized baby. Of course, he will have changed completely by the time you get to see him in person.

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

Firefox (on a mac) user here. Baby!!!!! Very cute.

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Firefox, and...
Awwww.....
Happy Uncling!

[bella-lee.livejournal.com]

What a cutie! Congrats to your whole family. Babies are so wonderful :)

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Konqueror, KDE, Linux: pics coming through fine. Hyoooj baby! Also, kyooot.

Enjoy the uncledom. Me, I am a veteran (eleven times over). Still fun. Also, the eldests can now buy me drinks. Excellent children...

[southernweirdo.livejournal.com]

That's one cute little dude!

Congragulations on becoming a new uncle.

[safewrite.livejournal.com]

Adorable baby picspam is its own reward. Congrats! You'll br a great uncle.

[kerinda.livejournal.com]

Oooh cute baby spam! :D

THanks for sharing.

[arhyalon.livejournal.com]

He's such a cutie!! (It's wrong to refer to pictures of your own nephew as spam...wrong, I tell you. (picture a six year old waving his hands wildly for emphasis when you read the 'wrong, I tell you' part.)

[mythusmage.livejournal.com]

That is an adorable toxic waste producer. D)

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

Aaaawwwww!! :D What a cutie!!

[sodyera.livejournal.com]

Definitely Awww-inspiring.

[mardott.livejournal.com]

Adorable! You'll have such fun being an uncle.

Quick - add a line to your budget for fundraising activities (for sports, classroom supplies, field trips, etc.) They start sooner than you can imagine...

[ceibhfhionn22.livejournal.com]

So cute. I love babies. Congrats on being an uncle!

[rcloenen-ruiz.livejournal.com]

Congrats to you and your family. What a cutie, indeed. Mine is already in the toddler stage, but I still remember how small he was :) Enjoy the babytime.