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Paige, the much-feared spawn of Hurin, is nineteen weeks old now, and wanted to say hello.

If you are in the mood for an achingly beautiful soundtrack, I highly recommend the soundtrack for “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.”  Perhaps it helps to have seen the movie, but there are some tracks in there that are well. . . haunting seems the proper word.

Great movie too by the way.

Forces of evil beware! I have procreated!

On 8/18/2009, shortly after 5:00pm, the wonderful Mrs. Hurin gave birth to our beloved little daughter. 8 lbs (even!). Healthy and beautiful!

Two hours old!

Mrs. Hurin is now officially my hero. I have seen her endure (and continue to recover from) things that would have left me a quivering mess of sobs and appeals to any higher power for sweet release.

I really need to take this one to heart. . .

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Now that the first of the month has passed, it’s time for some more serious news.

Mrs. Hurin and I are expecting a little girl in August!

We’re very excited. . . and terrified. So far Mrs. Hurin has suffered almost none of the ill-effects so common in pregnancy. And she’s doing great. We can’t wait to meet the little bundle of joy!

Okay. . . so this won’t come as much of a surprise to many of you (especially my wife) who know me in real life. Those of you who have been aware of my man-crush on Russel Crowe (Gladiator era) and more recently “Coach Taylor” from Friday Night Lights. . . my penchant for watching Bravo television series. . . my fondness for cheesecake. . . all of those things (and many more) have probably already led you to the unavoidable conclusion. . .

Yes. Today I am officially declaring myself to be full-on gay.

And there’s nothing wrong with that!

Surprisingly, Mrs. Hurin is fine with it.