Born early this morning, after (of course) a very long night for mom and dad. Her name is Kaelyn, she and Mom are fine, and that’s all I know right now. Pix to follow, when I get them.
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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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Congrats!
:). Enjoy.
One of my buddies says, “If I’d known grandkids were so much fun, I’d have had more kids.”
That’s wonderful.. Congratulations Gramps. I made that distinguished milestobne for the first time last year in January. It’s pretty darn cool!!
Congrats Gramps! I hear grandkids are cool because you can return them all spoiled to mom and dad and giggle for days…
Congrats to you, your daughter, and Ari the Dad. ;^)
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Glad all went well. Enjoy!
Oh, how wonderful! Congratulations. I hope you get to spend a lot of time with her. Probably after the diaper stage, however. LOL
Woot! You are a Go at the biological obligation station. Move to the break area, Gramps. 🙂
Congrats grandpa! Can’t wait for pics. Hope there’s no family resemblance to the pic at the blog bottom. ;<)) K
Congratulations Joel.
It is a wonderful thing to be a parent of a child who had a child. :O)
I will send out good sleepy vibes so the baby will give your daughter some rest. All the best to the new family.
I have found that being a grand-parent is awesome. It’s true: you can hold them while they coo, even change a diaper if you feel like it, then hand them back when they get fussy.
Congrats man!
Pickdog
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Whoo hoo! Congrats Gramps!
Buck.
Congrats to you and your daughter!
Congratulations, Joel!
I’m sure it’ll take at least a week or so to wipe that silly grin from your face. You can get her a beanie like yours but the Kalishnikitty will have to wait a couple years.
Congratulations Joel! I’m so happy Mama and Baby are healthy and happy.
Now to decide if you are going to be Grand-dad, Gramps, Grampy, Pe-Paw, Pops or Grandpa =).
Sister L
Hey, awesome news. Good reason to celebrate.
Yep me too … wishing the mother and daughter well and long(ish) nights of rest and all the best.
All the best to you too Grandpa Joel.
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gasp Has it been 11 years already? Yikes.