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Open Thread- Baby Edition

by John Cole|  August 12, 200910:49 am| 141 Comments

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According to reliable sources, frequent commenter Redkitten’s (aka Krista) water broke, so presumably she is in labor as we speak. Due to the horrible delays and long lines associated with the Canadian system of socialized medicine, she was required to wait almost nine months for this procedure, so let’s hope everything works out ok.

Keep her in your thoughts.

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  1. 1.

    Phoenix Woman

    August 12, 2009 at 10:52 am

    Will, do, John! Thanks for the heads-up.

    By the way: Are you going to see the Julie/Julia film? I think I’ll wait until someone pulls a Phantom Edit and removes the whiny modern person and leaves us with just the fabulous Julia.

  2. 2.

    GReynoldsCT00

    August 12, 2009 at 10:56 am

    I was wondering when she was due, knew it was close. All good thoughts going her way today!

  3. 3.

    Violet

    August 12, 2009 at 10:57 am

    Thanks for the update, John. Wishing Krista all the best. Can’t wait for pictures of the newest member of her family.

  4. 4.

    Demo Woman

    August 12, 2009 at 10:57 am

    Our site is filled with aunts and uncles waiting the news.

    @Phoenix Woman: The fabulous story about Julia would not be told without Julie.
    It’s unfortunate though that a few of the melt downs were not left in a trash can during editing.

  5. 5.

    Steeplejack

    August 12, 2009 at 10:58 am

    That software classic The Mythical Man-Month clearly shows that if nine women had been put on the job it would have taken only one month. C’mon, Krista, next time get with it.

    And good luck and smooth sailing on this one.

  6. 6.

    ominira

    August 12, 2009 at 10:58 am

    Good luck Krista (yes I know she probably won’t see this but what the hey)! Any chance the baby’s name will be Billie Jeanette?

    Julie and Julia was great – saw it last night and I don’t know why people are complaining about the Amy Adams portion. I loved both. Okay I preferred the Julia part because Meryl Streep was amazing but still what blog reader doesn’t want to see the part about a blogger rising to fame and fortune by blogging about food?

    iluvsummr

  7. 7.

    Crashman06

    August 12, 2009 at 11:02 am

    Good luck, Krista.

    I think the baby’s middle name should be Tunch.

  8. 8.

    Mister Papercut

    August 12, 2009 at 11:02 am

    Today is a great day to be born, if I do say so m’self (it was my grandfather’s birthday). Good luck, Redkitten!

  9. 9.

    Elizabelle

    August 12, 2009 at 11:02 am

    Waiting to hear more about Redkitten’s kitten. Good luck!

    This is definitely more exciting than wondering what the next political idiocy will be.

    Seeing J&J this weekend, I hope.

  10. 10.

    Genine

    August 12, 2009 at 11:02 am

    Yay! Congrats, Krista!

  11. 11.

    R-Jud

    August 12, 2009 at 11:02 am

    Based on my limited experience, babies are terrific. Here is hoping Krista’s labor day goes smoothly and that she is soon neck-deep in the ice cream and bread she didn’t get to eat while she was preggers.

  12. 12.

    Rey

    August 12, 2009 at 11:04 am

    Will the new baby be passed around to a panel of Death before she can take him/her home? damn America…

  13. 13.

    Xel

    August 12, 2009 at 11:06 am

    Congratulations!

  14. 14.

    JenJen

    August 12, 2009 at 11:06 am

    (Tried to post this in the prior thread, but keep getting a WordPress error… I apologize if this somehow ends up being a duplicate post)

    Not sure if anyone has posted this in comments yet, but this further illustrates the issue we’re having, nationwide, with constructive conversations about the issues and what-not…

    Remember the African-American woman and Caucasian man who were hauled out of Claire McCaskill’s town hall yesterday? The video is all over the news still today, albeit with no explanation. I’ve been wondering ever since what happened…

    Turns out the woman and her friends were carrying a poster of Rosa Parks when they entered the hall, and the crowd booed in response. When she took her seat, she rolled the poster up. A reporter approached her, asking what the poster was, and as she began to show it to the reporter, one of the teabaggers came over, grabbed the poster from her hands, and crumpled it up.

    Video and details of the event over at Pam’s excellent site:

    http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/12462/lowlife-teabagger-protestor-tears-up-poster-of-rosa-parks-at-health-care-town-hall

  15. 15.

    Steeplejack

    August 12, 2009 at 11:07 am

    @Phoenix Woman:

    I hate whiny anything, but I saw Julie and Julia Monday night and liked it a lot. I even have an issue with Meryl Streep–I usually get this vibe of “I’m Meryl Streep and I’m acting!”–but she won me over. Julia Child is a bit of an over-the-top character herself, at least as portrayed in the movie, and Streep did a great job with it. And I didn’t find the Julie half of the movie excessively whiny. There were a few bits that could have been tightened up, but, hey, it was worth the exorbitant $10.50 I paid to see it.

    Good supporting cast, excellent cinematography. Makes you want to drop everything and move to Paris circa 1950. Even Julie’s little apartment above the pizza place in Queens was kind of cool.

  16. 16.

    Steeplejack

    August 12, 2009 at 11:08 am

    @Rey:

    She’s Canadian. Win!

  17. 17.

    Cat Lady

    August 12, 2009 at 11:09 am

    Good luck Krista! August babies rock! Ask me, my daughter, my mother and Barack Obama!

  18. 18.

    anonevent

    August 12, 2009 at 11:10 am

    Due to the horrible delays and long lines associated with the Canadian system of socialized medicine, she was required to wait almost nine months for this procedure

    LMAOAW (at work)

  19. 19.

    Fern

    August 12, 2009 at 11:10 am

    @Steeplejack:

    Ha! I, however, am not volunteering to participate in that project!

  20. 20.

    Trinity

    August 12, 2009 at 11:11 am

    Great news!

  21. 21.

    General Winfield Stuck

    August 12, 2009 at 11:12 am

    Keep her in your thoughts.

    Roger That. And a safe trip for the Stork. Or is it a Goose for Canadian bundles of joy?

  22. 22.

    aimai

    August 12, 2009 at 11:13 am

    RedKitten,
    I’m breathing with you! Can’t wait for the new arrival.

    On the equally important julie/julia topic. I just saw it and I want to say two things about it. First, I think Nora Ephron is a wonderful writer who really hates young women. There’s a reek of condescension and contempt in the way she treats the Amy Adams character that is entirely missing from her treatment of the Streep character. And given the differences between the “real” julie powell and the screen one it comes down to an insistence that the audience won’t recognize/love/enjoy a fully fleshed out modern woman not entirely defined as a helpless doe eyed kitten struggling for affirmation in a world where all the women cheerfully assert they are each and everyone “bitches” who are unable to support each other or “feel joy” or mastery over anything other than through the worship of the goddess of the fifties.

    Second, there was a hugely unexplored and interesting link between the lives of the two julias–the older one is seen as having formed a lifetime and lasting friendship with Ava Devoto purely through a chance, postal relationship. They were pen pals for eight years before they met. Of course this is exactly the same relationship Julie Powell had with her blog readers and other food blog writers. But you never see any comments from her readers, or see the development of that supportive community. The only reader comment you see is one bitchy one from her mother. And the only reason given for her blog devotion is to get to be a “real” writer with a “real” publisher. Her new community is completely ignored and treated as just a means to an end.

    As an alienated blogger I think the development of community through disembodied literary forms such as letters and blog commentary is a really important factor in the lives of people before the rise of the telephone and after the rise of the internet. The brief interregnum when travel got cheap and telephone communication was cheap and before the internet is not really the norm. You can make and maintain friendships across great distances with near strangers. And these people can be as useful to you, and as supportive to you, as people with whom you have had only face to face relatioships.

    aimai

  23. 23.

    Steeplejack

    August 12, 2009 at 11:14 am

    @Fern:

    Come on, it’s all about sisters being there for each other, right?

  24. 24.

    Tsulagi

    August 12, 2009 at 11:14 am

    Pics or it didn’t happen.

    Good luck Krista!

  25. 25.

    Fern

    August 12, 2009 at 11:14 am

    @Steeplejack:

    Okay, I will break down and see the movie. I’ve never been a big Meryl Streep fan for just that reason – I always feel like she’s thinking – see this is me doing another clever accent.

    Compared with actors who just inhabit their roles so you forget it’s a performance, I find her a little annoying.

  26. 26.

    JenJen

    August 12, 2009 at 11:16 am

    Congratulations, Krista!!

  27. 27.

    Fern

    August 12, 2009 at 11:17 am

    @Steeplejack:

    Sure – except for anything that involves pregnancy. Plus, I’m of what you’d call “mature years”…

  28. 28.

    Rey

    August 12, 2009 at 11:17 am

    @steeplejack

    didn’t know Redkit was Canadian. According to my wingnut friend though, Canada is almost America because it’s very close. So that means that Canada does everything America does or something stupid like that.

  29. 29.

    pcbedamned

    August 12, 2009 at 11:19 am

    Having had 2 babies here in ‘socialist Canada’, all I can say is that it was the worst experience of my life. I was told to squat in the snow and push. When I complained about the pain, I was hit on the head by someone’s seal hunting club and told to just shut the hell up, as having babies was the most natural thing in the world. I was also told that if I had wanted to be pampered with ‘healthcare’ I should have pulled myself up by my moccasin laces, gotten a good job instead of relying on my fellow citizens, and moved the U.S.of A. so that I could have the ‘best healthcare in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!” I am amazed that said babies are still thriving over 15 years later…

  30. 30.

    JenJen

    August 12, 2009 at 11:20 am

    (Tried to post this in the other thread, but got some kind of Word Press error. I apologize if this ends up being a duplicate post)

    Not sure if anyone has posted this in comments yet, but this further illustrates the issue we’re having, nationwide, with constructive conversations about the issues and what-not…

    Remember the African-American woman and Caucasian man who were hauled out of Claire McCaskill’s town hall yesterday? The video is all over the news still today, albeit with no explanation. I’ve been wondering ever since what happened…

    Turns out the woman and her friends were carrying a poster of Rosa Parks when they entered the hall, and the crowd booed in response. When she took her seat, she rolled the poster up. A reporter approached her, asking what the poster was, and as she began to show it to the reporter, one of the teabaggers came over, grabbed the poster from her hands, and crumpled it up.

    Video and details of the event over at Pam’s excellent site:

    http://ow.ly/jOJH

  31. 31.

    Fern

    August 12, 2009 at 11:24 am

    @Rey:

    Give your wingnut friend a smack upside the head for me, okay?

    Large portions of the Canadian national identity are build around NOT being American.

  32. 32.

    The Other Steve

    August 12, 2009 at 11:25 am

    Well, good luck Krista. The labor and the first week of hell are the hard part. It get’s easier after that. :-)

    Our little Alex will be 4 months old next week. He’s going to be eating solid foods soon.

  33. 33.

    Maude

    August 12, 2009 at 11:27 am

    Will Krista change her name when she comes back?
    Tunch has a fan club up here in godless NJ.
    I put the furminatethis pix up on the admin desktop at the place where I do volunteer tech. The moms and kids were going through the room to story time and I heard a bunch of ooohs and isn’t he cute, beautiful and doesn’t he need a square meal?
    I told them that Tunch was from VW and was in charge of a man named John Cole.
    Tunch is famous.

  34. 34.

    Demo Woman

    August 12, 2009 at 11:28 am

    @JenJen: I’ve been watching a few of the town halls online. I did not see the poster because I was chopping vegetables at the time. Immediately after the event Clair said well we know what the news will lead with. The tea baggers were rude and Clair handled them with grace. She had her facts down and basically called a lie, a lie.
    Grassley had a town hall this morning and when Grassley said that the bill need at least 80 plus Senators to pass to be a consensus. I turned it off.

  35. 35.

    Zifnab

    August 12, 2009 at 11:29 am

    Sure, she’ll just drop a teaser post after her water breaks, then bolt. I guess this means no Krista-baby Live Blogging. :-p

    Good luck with the kiddo!

  36. 36.

    R-Jud

    August 12, 2009 at 11:31 am

    @The Other Steve:

    Our little Alex will be 4 months old next week. He’s going to be eating solid foods soon.

    Yay for Alex! We started solids about three weeks ago with the Bean. We’ve learned that if you give her a spoon of her own to hold while you’re feeding her, she is less likely to grab the loaded one (or the bowl itself).

  37. 37.

    Rey

    August 12, 2009 at 11:37 am

    @Fern

    Oh yeah, I’m usually into a Merlot stupor before I give her a call to check on her..

    @JenJen

    Wow, that vid is so enlightening. What made this man think he could just walk up to this woman and rip her poster? Screw having the government in my healthcare, I want the right to not be imposed upon by wingnuts in a public place.

  38. 38.

    JenJen

    August 12, 2009 at 11:39 am

    @Demo Woman:

    Grassley had a town hall this morning and when Grassley said that the bill need at least 80 plus Senators to pass to be a consensus. I turned it off.

    Really? I think that’s rather interesting. Not to put words in his mouth, but it would seem as though Grassley is conceding that the Democrats are going to pass health care reform, and is now reaching for the “What Next?” talking point, which is that health care reform was neither bipartisan or a “consensus.”

    Or maybe it’s just me. The guy is known to say off-the-wall stuff. Hammer, nail. :-)

  39. 39.

    South of I-10

    August 12, 2009 at 11:40 am

    Good luck Krista! I hope labor is short and baby sleeps through the night at 6 wks. Time flies – I just got back from kindergarten orientation, and it seems like she was just born. It is pretty amazing to me what they learn in kindergarten these days.

  40. 40.

    Svensker

    August 12, 2009 at 11:41 am

    All good thoughts!

    Pics of bundle o’ joy asap, please.

  41. 41.

    Ben Richards

    August 12, 2009 at 11:45 am

    If she doesn’t live blog the labor and delivery here on BJ, then I think she should be banned.

  42. 42.

    Da Bomb

    August 12, 2009 at 11:47 am

    Red Kitten should make sure that she gets the baby an actually “birth certificate” in long form and not a “certificate of live birth.”

    Wishing her the best!

  43. 43.

    stinkwrinkle

    August 12, 2009 at 11:48 am

    Redkitten’s (aka Krista) water broke, so presumably she is in labor as we speak

    Mistake. Management has better working conditions and compensation.

  44. 44.

    lilysmom

    August 12, 2009 at 11:49 am

    Sending good thoughts to you Krista.

    May your labor be short, easy and safe and your baby healthy.

  45. 45.

    canuckistani

    August 12, 2009 at 11:50 am

    Here in Canada, soc!alized medicine is so inefficient that it will be 70 or 80 years before RedKitten 2.0 gets her first death panel hearing. So I hope he/she is a good one, you’re gonna be stuck with it!

    It’ll be great. Babies are awesome.

  46. 46.

    Steeplejack

    August 12, 2009 at 11:50 am

    @aimai:

    Excellent post.

    As a middle-aged white guy (therefore == The Man), I’m leery of weighing in on “women’s issues” and sounding like an ass (more so than usual, I mean). But I take your point about Ephron’s treatment of Julie and her friends as young women. She cuts Julie much less slack than she does Julia, who starts out as basically a bored housewife. I think some of it might be that (as usual) Ephron tries too hard for fast, “snappy” dialogue à la some old screwball comedy, and occasionally a character is harmed by having to deliver a big laugh line. So the trendy modern New Yorkers have to be all brittle and bitchy. Ugh.

    One thing I did think was oddly missing from the movie was cooking, especially on the Julie side. There was some, but I expected a lot more, especially in the context of Julie’s starting point and development as a cook through the project. Was she an absolute novice? Okay by average but non-foodie American standards? And I would have liked to see the whole “project” fleshed out more. As an adequate but not super chef, I would consider 524 recipes–French recipes!–in 365 days very ambitious, especially with a full-time job. Unless Child’s book has whole sections with “sautéed onions,” “sautéed leeks,” “sautéed asparagus,” etc., that you can just bang out and mark off after you’ve mastered the first one.

    And you are right on about the relative absence of the actual blog–and the blog community–from the movie.

    Finally, I heartily agree with this:

    [. . .] the development of community through disembodied literary forms such as letters and blog commentary is a really important factor in the lives of people before the rise of the telephone and after the rise of the Internet. The brief interregnum when travel got cheap and telephone communication was cheap and before the Internet is not really the norm. You can make and maintain friendships across great distances with near strangers. And these people can be as useful to you, and as supportive to you, as people with whom you have had only face to face relatioships.

    As an inveterate letter-writer, during the “interregnum” I hated that my long letters took so long to reach their destination and it took so long to get a reply (if ever–grr!). I used to hate reading Sherlock Holmes stories or Victorian novels in which a character would decide in the morning to invite someone to dinner and send them a letter, knowing they would receive it in the afternoon post. The Internet has brought all that back. I used to laugh when I read someone saying that e-mail would kill literacy and literate letter-writing. It was a godsend! My friends and I just moved our letters to e-mail, and now we’ve got that “instant delivery” thing again that Victorian London had.

    Same thing with blogs. Look at what a lively, literary place this is. Okay, literate. Okay, semi-literate. But still.

  47. 47.

    JK

    August 12, 2009 at 11:57 am

    Great column by Dan Froomkin – It feels good to say that again

    WSJ Reporters Mock Obama For Attention To Detail http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/12/wsj-reporters-mock-obama_n_257313.html

  48. 48.

    Carnacki

    August 12, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    Congratulations to her

  49. 49.

    JK

    August 12, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    TVNewser has learned, and a CNN spokesperson confirms, that in his morning editorial meeting today, CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein asked his show producers to avoid booking talk radio hosts. “Complex issues require world class reporting,” Klein is quoted as saying, adding that talk radio hosts too often add to the noise, and that what they say is “all too predictable.”

    h/t http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/no_more_talk_radio_hosts_on_cnn_124031.asp

  50. 50.

    DonkeyKong

    August 12, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    I hope a unionized, lazy, socialist, canadian bureaucrat doesnt send her to the death panel by accident.

    Yes, I know, there are no “accidents” in the socialist hellhole that is canada!

  51. 51.

    wilfred

    August 12, 2009 at 12:06 pm

    A prayer for a happy and healthy baby and mom.

  52. 52.

    jcricket

    August 12, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    Speaking of kids, Did anyone see that Malkin is attacking kids again?

  53. 53.

    Demo Woman

    August 12, 2009 at 12:09 pm

    @JenJen: That’s what I hope.
    For those who saw Julie & Julia here is the last month of Powell’s blog. http://blogs.salon.com/0001399/2003/08/01.html

  54. 54.

    donovong

    August 12, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    @JenJen: Thanks for pointing out this video! It is good to know the true context of the situation. I just wish she had been able to knock the asshole on his keester before the cops intervened!

  55. 55.

    Betsy

    August 12, 2009 at 12:13 pm

    Yay! Wishing Krista as easy a delivery as it is possible to have! I can’t wait to hear about her tiny new person.

  56. 56.

    WereBear

    August 12, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    Sending RedKitten good thoughts.

    We might just be seeing some cracks in the wall of Republican dominance. It was all very well to have some suit on, pontificating about the Laffer Curve and the chilling effect of not having enough billionaires running things.

    But when they’ve lost even the thinnest veneer of rationality, when their leading “citizens” pack heat into town halls, and spray swastikas on congressional name signs, they’ve stopped riding the Crazy, and now the Crazy is riding them.

  57. 57.

    pcbedamned

    August 12, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    FYI, if anyone wants to give the wingers something else to bi*ch about, registration is open over at Hot Air…

  58. 58.

    ChrisB

    August 12, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    @Da Bomb: No, she should place a birth announcement in some American paper just in case, at least 35 years from, . . . .

    My best wishes to Krista as well.

    A somewhat OT poster story: I was at Shea Stadium in 2000 when John Rocker of the Atlanta Braves came back to Shea after having made a series of racist, homophobic, xenophobic and anti-New York comments. There were 50,000 fans and hundreds of cops. I was sitting near the Braves’ players’ wives and friends where someone had actually brought a pro-Braves sign to the game. The sign was “accidentally” knocked out of his hand and kicked down the aisle, where it was thoroughly trampled. The guy went up to a cop who was standing nearby and complained. The cop just looked at him impassively, saying nothing, as if to say “you aren’t really expecting me to do anything, are you?” It was a classic NYC moment.

    The other memorable moment was when the stadium erupted in an absolutely deafening “Asshole!” chant when Rocker entered the game. It’s quite something to be called an asshole by 50,000 people.

  59. 59.

    jcricket

    August 12, 2009 at 12:21 pm

    @JenJen:

    Really? I think that’s rather interesting. Not to put words in his mouth, but it would seem as though Grassley is conceding that the Democrats are going to pass health care reform, and is now reaching for the “What Next?” talking point, which is that health care reform was neither bipartisan or a “consensus.

    The moderate GOP folks are screwed. Due to “primary” fears they can no longer vote with anything resembling a Democratic bill. And since what it means to be a “GOP bill” has been redefined so that Pat Buchanan-esque ideas barely qualify, they’re doubly screwed.

    This means that the best a GOP moderate can do to retain relevance is either switch sides (Specter) or keep mumbling something about Democrats not being bipartisan (Snowe, Collins, Voinovich, Grassley, etc) in hopes that the moderate Democrats and Independents in their state don’t start voting for the Democratic opponents next time around.

    Unless things change substantially, Republicans are going to strengthen their hold on wingnutty parts of the US and virtually disappear elsewhere. It’s not just about the current Republicans, it’s the pipeline that’s shriveling up. What “independent, fiscally conservative” business person is going to run with “R” next to their name if it means they have to be a wing-nut. The only people that will run are wingnuts, Paulites, religious zealots, etc. And that only appeals to an increasingly small segment of people.

    As I’ve said a million times, this is ultimately fine, even if it makes things painful in the short run. Democrats aren’t so good at distinguishing ourselves from Republicans, so it’s helpful if the Republicans do it for us :-)

  60. 60.

    Sentient Puddle

    August 12, 2009 at 12:24 pm

    Congrats to Krista! And hopefully, no preexisting conditions.

  61. 61.

    Splitting Image

    August 12, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    Due to the horrible delays and long lines associated with the Canadian system of socialized medicine, she was required to wait almost nine months for this procedure, so let’s hope everything works out ok.

    I don’t get it. Why didn’t she just hop on a flight to Alaska?

  62. 62.

    gau

    August 12, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i0cdf40bc01587c419967dc2516d12740

    Wolverines! (2.0)

  63. 63.

    Punchy

    August 12, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    so presumably she is in labor as we speak.

    Canada has unions?

  64. 64.

    Delia

    August 12, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    Oh, best of luck, Krista, though you won’t see any of this till it’s all over.

    Once upon a time when I was a young woman this happened to me for the first time. It was a sunny December day in southern California. It took a damn long time, but it all turned out in the end and my son is here visiting me right now. So I hope your labor goes better than mine. It all goes by very fast. Life, that is.

  65. 65.

    Anne

    August 12, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    @aimai: Seconded, on all counts. I wound up disliking Julie a bit, which was odd as I can see myself sympathizing with her enormously. Then it occurred to me that my dislike of her might have something to do with Ephron’s writing of the character. As for the blog community, you’re absolutely right. I wish that we’d heard more about her readers/commenters and the relationship that she developed with them. Julie’s character wound up feeling a bit flat, and I think that’s part of it.

    Good luck and/or congratulations, Redkitten!

  66. 66.

    bago

    August 12, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    @Tsulagi: Kids or GTFO?

  67. 67.

    Face

    August 12, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    My water broke once. That was the last time I bought Perrier in a glass bottle.

  68. 68.

    White House Department of Law (fmrly Jim-Bob)

    August 12, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    And yet, even after waiting nine months, the Canuckistanis still can’t fix her broken water.

  69. 69.

    White House Department of Law (fmrly Jim-Bob)

    August 12, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    67: Damn you Face. Damn you to hell.

  70. 70.

    Kathy

    August 12, 2009 at 12:51 pm

    I was thinking about you and your baby last week Krista and wondering when the happy day would be. Best wishes for an easy delivery and healthy baby. In the infinite amount of spare time you are about to have, check out the mothertalkers section on GOS.

  71. 71.

    YellowJournalism

    August 12, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    Congrats, Krista! Hope it’s an easy delivery and an even easier homecoming. Cross your fingers for one that sleeps through the night soon!

    I wonder what the baby’s first snark will be?

  72. 72.

    Betsy

    August 12, 2009 at 12:56 pm

    @aimai:
    Yeah, the parts with Julie and her (female) friends struck me as totally, totally tone-deaf. And the notion that it’s “normal” for women (or young women, anyway) to “hate their friends” (movie’s words) is, in addition to being insulting as hell, completely baseless. UGH. Pissed me right off.

  73. 73.

    Comrade Darkness

    August 12, 2009 at 12:57 pm

    @Steeplejack: That software classic The Mythical Man-Month clearly shows that if nine women had been put on the job it would have taken only one month.

    Your copy of the book is exactly the opposite of my copy. Mine says something more like, if it takes one woman 9 months, it will take 9 women 27 months. Mostly given the high coordination costs associated with software development.

    But in reality, I’d think it would take 90 years, given that the 9 WOMEN are going to have to develop cloning first to make any progress at all toward generating output ;-)

  74. 74.

    Ash Can

    August 12, 2009 at 12:58 pm

    Here’s wishing Krista a smooth and fastfastfast! labor and delivery, and minimal sleep deprivation once the little bundle of joy comes home. Huzzah!

    @JK:

    Jon Klein asked his show producers to avoid booking talk radio hosts.

    I certainly see his point, although this also has the unfortunate result of missing the opportunity to question and expose these horse’s asses on their dubious activities and ridiculous claims. Then again, this is CNN we’re talking about, so maybe that questioning bit is moot.

    @ChrisB:

    It’s quite something to be called an asshole by 50,000 people.

    I thoroughly dislike the Mets and Shea Stadium gives me gas, but I’ll never forget how the Mets fans that night rallied ’round their team and their city, and put that insufferable douchenozzle in his place. It was a thing of beauty, and for one night at least, Shea Stadium actually looked good to me.

  75. 75.

    David Hunt

    August 12, 2009 at 12:58 pm

    Best thoughts and hopes for a short labor and a healthy child.

  76. 76.

    Punchy

    August 12, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    MAKE DAMN SURE YOU GET A FREAKIN BIRTH CERTIFICATE!

    long form, natch.

  77. 77.

    MBSS

    August 12, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    wishing all the best to redkitteh. may the delivery go smooth, and your baby pop out as easy as a hollywood movie.

  78. 78.

    MBSS

    August 12, 2009 at 1:15 pm

    MAKE DAMN SURE YOU GET A FREAKIN BIRTH CERTIFICATE!

    i can get you a kenyan birth certificate pretty quickly, if that’s an issue.

  79. 79.

    scav

    August 12, 2009 at 1:18 pm

    forgive me, I can’t help giggling at the context:
    Rebirth of the Militia Movement
    immediately followed by Open Thread- Baby Edition. My best to the latter, my worst to the former and I really really needed the manic giggle.

  80. 80.

    MBSS

    August 12, 2009 at 1:18 pm

    my water broke once. all the kids laughed at the pee-stain on my jeans.

  81. 81.

    JK

    August 12, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    Congrats Redkitten. Don’t forgot to place a birth notice in the Honolulu Advertiser.

  82. 82.

    JK

    August 12, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    Congrats Redkitten. Don’t forget to place a birth notice in the Honolulu Advertiser.

  83. 83.

    Demo Woman

    August 12, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    @Punchy: John should post an official announcement also. Decades from now, that might come in handy.

  84. 84.

    Demo Woman

    August 12, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    @MBSS: A friend had her water break at her first grader’s soccer game. The next day the first grade teacher had to answer lots of questions.

  85. 85.

    MBSS

    August 12, 2009 at 1:26 pm

    @scav

    need a giggle? check this out:

    http://www.openleft.com/diary/14586/#178551

    “heck of a job brownie” has a radio show as a “government expert.”

  86. 86.

    cleek

    August 12, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    When Town Halls Go Wild… who looks worst ?

    GOP nutjobs at 52% right now.

  87. 87.

    MBSS

    August 12, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    @Demo Woman

    “missus finkelstein. does my mommy have a gallon if brita water in her tummy too?”

    “missus finkelstein. do babies ride a slip and slide out of mommies, like i did this summer at the water slides?”

  88. 88.

    The Saff

    August 12, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    Good luck and best wishes, Krista RedKitten.

  89. 89.

    Indylib

    August 12, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    Late to the party, busy with my own kiddos this beautiful summer day,
    but good luck, Krista! You just took step two on a hell of a ride, enjoy! Hope your labor is easy and no episiotomy.

  90. 90.

    DBrown

    August 12, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    So some time next year the world will reach 7 billion people – all needing food, clean water (most still don’t have) and a better life (i.e. hope). Considering peak oil should hit soon (maybe we have nearly 20 years or we may be hearing foot steps even now) combined with AGW – looks ugly for kids growing up.

  91. 91.

    bago

    August 12, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    And now for something slightly related but purely tasteless and video-gamey.

    The Alaskan retard spawn point.

    The previous link will make no sense if you are over thirty and have no idea of what a spawn point is.

  92. 92.

    steve s

    August 12, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    Rick Santorum rumored to be thinking about a prez bid in 2012.

  93. 93.

    Martin

    August 12, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    Congrats Krista!

    Make sure that baby is a fully productive member of society from day one or the socialist death panels will take him/her out tout de suite!

    And though Cole will probably insist on a photo of the baby lounging in a bucket or laid out on a futon, a regular picture will suffice.

  94. 94.

    Punchy

    August 12, 2009 at 1:37 pm

    Y’all know that the CEO of the company universally linked (in most peeps’ minds) to DFHs is himself a gasbag Republican and all-around asshole? I didn’t either.

    Now after linking to Kos, I feel I need to take a shower.

  95. 95.

    sstarr

    August 12, 2009 at 1:38 pm

    John, if Michael Vick does indeed go to the Ravens will you join PETA, or just give PETA money so they can stage larger and more annoying protests?

  96. 96.

    DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)

    August 12, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    Quints Krista? ;)

    Thanks for the heads up (crowning?) John! The wife and I hope all goes well for our Canadian B-J’er and that the population of Canada jumps up by one real soon.

    If it’s a boy I suggest sending hockey sticks and pucks. I hear them Canadians thrive on those things (and beer).

    Good luck Krista!

  97. 97.

    Demo Woman

    August 12, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    @sstarr: Vick is giving public speeches for the American Humane Society. The American Humane Society is a pretty good organization too.

  98. 98.

    MarkusB

    August 12, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    Congratulations and best wishes, Krista.

  99. 99.

    Sentient Puddle

    August 12, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    @Punchy: Being an Austinite, it feels like 90% or more of the people I know primarily do their grocery shopping at Whole Foods. Also saw a Facebook friend link to the article, presumably with the intent of “If the CEO of Whole Foods says it, there must be merit to it!” Yeah, they may like to know.

    That said, near as I can tell, he’s more free market libertarian than gasbag Republican. Not that much better, but there is a distinction (and Austin has a healthy community of those types too).

  100. 100.

    Fencedude

    August 12, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    @bago:

    Ahhh! Knew I was forgetting something today. Way better than last weeks review.

    I look forward to Palin’s continued appearance in ZP.

  101. 101.

    ScreaminginAtlanta

    August 12, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    Red Kitten, your new arrival has way too many godparents! Wishing you all the best – I’m excited!

  102. 102.

    ScreaminginAtlanta

    August 12, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    Red Kitten, your new arrival has way too many godparents! Wishing you all the best – I’m excited!

  103. 103.

    ScreaminginAtlanta

    August 12, 2009 at 1:52 pm

    Whoa- so excited I had to post it twice.

  104. 104.

    Fulcanelli

    August 12, 2009 at 1:53 pm

    Congratulations RedKitteh, and a little advice I’d like to pass on that was given to me and my first wife by the nurse who taught our Lamaze class prior to the birth of my first daughter:

    When it comes to taking care of the baby, don’t create a job that only you can do right unless you’re willing to do it 100% of the time.

    I will always remember that womanly sage wisdom…

  105. 105.

    Punchy

    August 12, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    And though Cole will probably insist on a photo of the baby lounging in a bucket or laid out on a futon, a regular picture will suffice.

    I would fucking DIE of laughter is Kris can somehow get ahold of that same Boring Cole Blanket and a futon and snap a photo of the poop machine on it. I would easily be the funniest thing ever on this blog.

  106. 106.

    Punchy

    August 12, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    “I” should be “It”. Im not that narcassistic.

  107. 107.

    Ming

    August 12, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    Best wishes, Krista/redkitten!!

    We’re eagerly awaiting the long form birth certificate… :)

  108. 108.

    chopper

    August 12, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    alright krista! can’t wait to hear the news.

  109. 109.

    Balconesfault

    August 12, 2009 at 2:24 pm

    @steve s: Just read that …

    Oh happy day!

    Santorum is a wonderful pinch of loony to add to the mix.

  110. 110.

    SGEW

    August 12, 2009 at 2:33 pm

    Keeping my fingers crossed (metaphorically) in the hope that everything, um, comes out ok.

    Hooray for the continuation of the better examples of our species! Three cheers for the reproduction of smart people! Don’t let this happen here!

  111. 111.

    J.D. Rhoades

    August 12, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    Due to the horrible delays and long lines associated with the Canadian system of socialized medicine, she was required to wait almost nine months for this procedure,

    FTW.

    Good luck to you and yours, Krista!

  112. 112.

    Persia

    August 12, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    Sending in the good wishes, Redkitten! Print this page out and save it for the kid; s/he won’t believe it twenty years from now.

  113. 113.

    A Mom Anon

    August 12, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    Yay,a baby is almost here! Congrats Krista.

  114. 114.

    Linkmeister

    August 12, 2009 at 2:47 pm

    A premature (or maybe not, by this time) Aloha! to the newborn!

  115. 115.

    bago

    August 12, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    @Persia: Pfft. In ten years the kid will have so many RSS feeds streaming data into his Augmented Reality goggles that this will look like chickenscratch.

  116. 116.

    lotus

    August 12, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    Woohoo, Krista! You know ya got fingers and toes crossed all over this and a few other continents? Hope it’s all smooove!

  117. 117.

    KDP

    August 12, 2009 at 2:58 pm

    Breaking lurkage to join in the congratulations to Krista! Best wishes for a safe delivery and a healthy recovery.

  118. 118.

    Common Sense

    August 12, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    I’ve been on pins and needles waiting for the answer. I have to know, what did Krista’s death panel determine? Can she keep the baby?

  119. 119.

    joes527

    August 12, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    This is pretty funny.

    Glen Beck, with his own chorus sitting back in stunned silence at how crazy he is.

  120. 120.

    JK

    August 12, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    “I hope that your child is a masculine child.” – Luca Brasi

  121. 121.

    AkaDad

    August 12, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    Knowing Krista, her spawn could conceivably grow up to be the one who leads the Canadian invasion of America.

  122. 122.

    Brick Oven Bill

    August 12, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    From joe527’s Daily Kos link: “Beck talking = Beck lying.”

    This is pretty good, but not nearly as good as “Glenn Beck sucks.” This is why Balloon Juice is the #1 place to come for news and commentary.

    Congratulations Krista, thoughts for you and your child.

  123. 123.

    ruemara

    August 12, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    Hooray for even more RedKittens! Congrats Krista and may this be the smooth, well tranquilized beginning to a wonderful parenthood.

  124. 124.

    amorphous is taking suggestions for a new handle

    August 12, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    Do we know if it’s a boy or girl?

  125. 125.

    Molly

    August 12, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    @Sentient Puddle: “Congrats to Krista! And hopefully, no preexisting conditions.”

    LOL, I sent Sully that story. Every word is true. I talked about it here yesterday also.

    My rug rat is a thriving 6 year-old now. But he gave us a really good scare his first couple of weeks.

  126. 126.

    Ben Richards

    August 12, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    Krista – Never try to make a happy baby happier…

  127. 127.

    freelancer

    August 12, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    Congrats, hope it goes well and you can get some rest. You’re gonna need it.

  128. 128.

    grandpajohn

    August 12, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    adding that talk radio hosts too often add to the noise, and that what they say is “all too predictable.”
    Wow what an outstanding observation. Of course the majority of observers had made the same observation 10-12 years ago

  129. 129.

    Elie

    August 12, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    My best wishes to you and your family on this special day!
    When you have time tell us about your horrible labor in the qeue (lol). I hear there were carts with laboring women lined up around the block!

  130. 130.

    Anne Laurie

    August 12, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    Or is it a Goose for Canadian bundles of joy?

    All bloggers, especially the Canadian ones, are delivered via Loon.

    We’re all pulling for you, RedKitten (the pushing is all your own job). In honor of the newest Huffington blogger, I suggest “Froomkin” as the nom de blog for the little one…

  131. 131.

    asiangrrlMN

    August 12, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    Good luck, Krista! I can’t wait to see pics of your own little kitten.

    Cole! Funny lede paragraph. Thanks for that.

    @Steeplejack: Not.Gonna.Do.It. No kiddies for this grrl! I’ll just ooh and aaah over everyone else’s.

    And animals. I love the animals.

  132. 132.

    JenJen

    August 12, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    @jcricket: The ever-able Steve Benen takes Malkin, et al to task.

    http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_08/019461.php

    It’s Graeme Frost, all over again. Picking on kids, all the while shocked, shocked that someone who voted for Obama (reminder: most Americans voted for Obama) would bring a kid to a town hall and (gasp!) she got to ask a question.

    I’m reminded of that time where our host informed his readership that he’d left the Republican Party.

  133. 133.

    amorphous is taking suggestions for a new handle

    August 12, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Is the US-Mexico game only on Telemundo? WTF, ESPN? High school Spanish memory FAIL ongoing.

  134. 134.

    Zuzu's Petals

    August 12, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    @pcbedamned:

    FTW!

  135. 135.

    Blue Raven

    August 12, 2009 at 5:18 pm

    Hurrah for RedKitten, Mr. RedKitten, and kitten-to-emerge-soon!

  136. 136.

    Demo Woman

    August 12, 2009 at 6:24 pm

    Hopefully, by now you are holding your beautiful baby.

  137. 137.

    Batocchio

    August 12, 2009 at 6:51 pm

    Good luck and best wishes!

  138. 138.

    whatsleft

    August 12, 2009 at 7:06 pm

    Congrats and best wishes for a safe and healthy delivery to mom RedKristan, Mr. Krista and baby!

  139. 139.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    August 12, 2009 at 7:31 pm

    @Molly: Oh, that’s awful. But so typical for anyone who has been through the insurance ringer.

    Krista, my Canadian friend, I’m late to the BJ today, so hopefully as I type this baby sleeping in your arms. xoxo I will send you good energy.

  140. 140.

    mai naem

    August 12, 2009 at 8:35 pm

    Hey, Krista good luck with the labor and make sure you get a video of the birth, fingerprints and passports and proper identification from the doctor and the nurses and a video of the doctor signing the birth certificate because you never know, maybe you Canadians will have birthers in about 50 yrs.

  141. 141.

    Steeplejack

    August 13, 2009 at 12:27 am

    @Comrade Darkness:

    Well, if you’re going to drag non-technical, “managerial” types into this . . . [sneer]

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