So allow me to introduce "Alpha", aged 9 weeks. That's him/her, resting at the bottom of the Africa/steak-shaped womb; head looking up and to the left, and a little body flicked around underneath like a cocktail prawn. Nice.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
"Alpha", aged 9 weeks.
Well honestly, what sort of a father-in-waiting would I be if I wasn't to get this image up on the web as soon as possible and then group email every man, woman and child with instructions to look, pronto? An oddly refreshing sort of father-in-waiting, you're probably thinking. Well, sorry to disappoint! Except I won't be doing the email bit, but mostly because I think I've already shown the hard copy to every man, woman and child with eyes to see.
So allow me to introduce "Alpha", aged 9 weeks. That's him/her, resting at the bottom of the Africa/steak-shaped womb; head looking up and to the left, and a little body flicked around underneath like a cocktail prawn. Nice.
So allow me to introduce "Alpha", aged 9 weeks. That's him/her, resting at the bottom of the Africa/steak-shaped womb; head looking up and to the left, and a little body flicked around underneath like a cocktail prawn. Nice.
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i understand ive been a little absent steve, but i had no idea you had gone about causing a baby!
ReplyDeleteIt may just be my stomoch talking, but that is the most delicious baby ive seen in years.
Thanks Will. Can you recall the last delicious baby you saw? I realise that, as you say, it must have been years ago, but I'd be interested to compare.
ReplyDeleteAnd I should point out, just in case, that Alpha is not the human child's actual name, (as some have concluded), but merely its protoname, or codename if you will. Codename: Alpha. Sounds like a Matthew Reilly book.
i seem to remember you telling me that your first was to be called tannas.
ReplyDeletei wonder if you were jocking, had since wizend up, or still do intend on naming the Tot after a location in Raders of the Lost Ark.
im all for it, down with bland gospel names, in with fan-boi refferences, as long as number 2 will be named Kit, after everyones favourite nautillain jedi, who disgarcefuly fell to sidious.
double congrats on having a child reletively close to your wedding, too many christian couples i know are waiting until they "settle down" to populate.
Believe me, I rarely "jock". I enjoy the couch far too much.
ReplyDeletePossible names are all highly classified at the moment. I could tell you... but then you'd know.
At the very least, Number 2 will be more likely to be 'Kit' than 'Kyp', everyone's least favourite, self-obsessed Corellian whinger, who ALSO fell to a Sith Lord. Boring, next!
Either that's a spoiler for the last few books of New Jedi Order, (in which case - BASTARD) or you're wrong.
ReplyDeleteKyp Durron went over to the Dark Side, in Jedi Academy, but did not fall to a Sith Lord, which would imply being bested in combat, Shirley.
Did I mention that I like Kyp? (In NJO, of course.)
ReplyDeleteWhen I say "fell" I mean his mind/self fell, as in, "He fell to the dark side". I don't mean he was killed.
ReplyDeleteEven if it was a spoiler, the books have been out for years, Lands; you need to read a little faster. :)
Kyp does redeem himself somewhat in the later books, but, for me, I don't think he'll ever escape association with the monumentally stupid Sun Crusher.
Must you allways point out my apalling spelling? im sure you have faults to, and one of these days, when your least expecting it, ill point one out, and youll be sorry.
ReplyDeleteseeing as i only see the films, and could never discuss your expanded universe, ill do my best.
travelling through my ep 3 visual dictionary, i have found some acceptable names, that may be right.
-palpatine
-grievous
-solipo
-luminarra
-saesee
-nute
to name but a few.
WOW, imagine if i came up with his/her name.
The visual dictionary also poins out, quite daftly, that Kit Fisto dodged sidious' first swipe, this proves he is a hghly skilled saberest, even though he screamed like a human when struck down.
All this makes me wonder if your child, is in fact a child of the force, like anakin! think about it...
I was going to reply "Always? If I was to always point out your appalling spelling, my friend, there'd be no time left for anything else!" But I thought you might get offended and stop posting, so I decided not to.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, it would be remarkable if his or her name was to be found on that list! Remarkable, I say! Suffice to say that it isn't. So would you consider those as names for your children? Only one name on my Official No Correspondence Entered Into List of Names is also the name of a Star Wars character, although that was pure coincidence; the name had been on my list long before I read the book where the character appears. So there's a clue for you.
"Falling to a Sith Lord" is not the same as "Falling to the Dark Side". You of all people should appreciate subtle shades of meaning like that.
ReplyDeleteSo, I can just tell you how the Ender books er... end, then? No point reading them - some of them are more than ten years old.
Oh, and in case you couldn't tell I was being ironic.
ReplyDeleteOh, and in case you couldn't tell, that was a Simpsons reference.
Yeah, he fell under the influence of a Sith Lord and became someone else. The Kyp that everyone knew died, in the same way that Anakin did when he ceased to be Anakin and became Darth Vader. So what I said was right, from a certain point of view...
ReplyDeleteI started reading Ender books less than a year ago. You started reading post-movie Star Wars books 12 years ago. Feel free to lay down the "spoilers" if I haven't got 'em done by then.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, there are more Star Wars books than Ender books, so feel free to work out your ratio in Excel and adjust the time frame accordingly.
I'm not familiar with the Simpsons' reference.
Oh, and in case you couldn't tell, that was being ironic. :-)
I wouldnt dare entering this battle.
ReplyDeleteBut I know that Simpsons reference.
very funny.
I would point out Yodas thoughts on the issue
"the boy you trained, gone he is, consumed by Darth Vader"
so perhaps one is consumed, instead of seduced, to the dark side.