THIS SHOULD HELP

Blogdaughter Machelle of Quality Weenie is feeling down, and there's only one thing I know of to cheer her up - a slightly late 40th birthday present:

Shirtless guy in shorts & workboots.

If that don't ease the pain, I don't know what will.

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IT'S A BOY! AND NOT A BLOGGER THIS TIME

Blogson-in-law Alex of Alex in Wonderland reports that he and blogdaughter Sally of Whimsy Capricious have finally finished that project they've been working on:

On Monday 21st May at 11:11pm, after 18.5 hours of gruelling labour, baby Jamie decided to make his appearance. He was one week early born on exactly 39 weeks. It was all a bit of a rush at the end but he made it, Sally made it (although she said for a second baby he was hard work!) and I made it.

I feel like I should be doing something right now, but I'm not sure what would be appropriate.

Maybe some tea...

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IT'S A BOY!

Bloggranddaughter VW Bug of One Happy Dog Speaks has adopted herself a baby blogson:

Matthew of Maybe Baby

Since he's been around since January, I'm going to do a random sampling rather than the usual "link every post" tour:

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Traditional sucky first post - apparently Matthew is not a traditionalist. He seems to have skipped right into the traditional "why I'm doing this" second post as he explains that this blog will chronicle his journey toward fatherhood. Then again, he disses uranium mining, so - as a former radiation worker - I will take offense and thus classify this post as "sucky enough".

Puppy picture! - didn't take him long to dive for the cuteness jugular, but I'll let it go because he learns an important lesson here: "Small Things Are Both Stupid and Defiant".

Photoshopping and whack-it blogging - always a good combination. Sure, it's TMI, but this IS the information age... too much, or otherwise.

I think this is one of those Zen questions - "If only I had a kid that I could boss around, an indebted member of my family who could vacuum, walk the dog, do the dishes and fold the laundry, perhaps I wouldnÂ’t be so stressed. But if IÂ’m stressed, how will I ever have that kid who will eventually cut down the amount of work I have to do?"

Concerned that the right of free speech doesn't cover "poop"? - Matthew is, and he's fighting for you!

Some important history on being formerly fat - A lot of folks have weight (or at least weight image) issues, and Matthew would probably be a good person to chat about those with. Voice of experience and what not.

I'd also like to mention that it looks like Matt has finally given up that disgusting habit of putting plain text in extended entries. Good job!

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Anyway, Matthew, you can pick up a Bad Example Family logo from this post, and you may, if you wish, blogroll the rest of the Bad Example Family using the handy blogrolling javascript, although neither is a requirement.

Membership in the Bad Example Clan is also an option, if you're so inclined to jump through the requisite hoops, but is not mandatory.

Meanwhile you can look forward - with either anticipation or dread - to regular visits and comments from me.

Welcome home.

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