omg somebody say something

Thank you, Ona Sarah (my wife) and I are very excited.

Congrats Jackson!!!

Related to earlier parts of this thread, I took a course years ago called experience the nature of being or something like that. The teacher would talk about the nature of consciousness. He refused to get into developmental / species related discussions that students would always try to draw him into and would just keep repeating "Sorry, I don't do babies or dogs."

The fact is, with babies and dogs one is presuming. I've seen people react to what to me is clearly a baby, horse, dog...well, or even a fully verbal adult human! with the most inappropriate misinterpretation (from my perspective). You know, it can range from "Poopsie doesn't like strange men/My pony is scared of doing exercises indoors/outdoors." (usually projection) to the way we often react to an angry person defensively, distracted by their arm waving and shouting, rather than listening to the underlying fear that is being expressed and addressing that.

@chris - it makes sense and sounds familiar as you describe it, though by the way you are a bit fascinated by it lately it may be more marked than my own experience.

Who the hell are you and what am I doing in this forum??

Aha! If you can't remember anything how do you know that!!!

Jackson! Congratulations! Felicitations!

"If you can't remember anything how do you know that!!!"

I make everything up as I go along.


-cmarti

LOL. That's what Alan always said when he was teaching me. And I find I do the same with my writing. Funny how it works out just fine.

Congratulations Jackson!

I'm expected to become a father July 31, 2012.
(Yes, that's for real.)


-awouldbehipster

hehehe! sweet! you are in for a heck of a treat buddy coolest gig ever. I have a whole three years under my belt so I'm an expert ;-p

And, it's fun.

Thanks, Jake. I'm really looking forward to it. My wife and I are going in for our fetal anatomy ultrasound today. If le bébé isn't feeling too shy this afternoon, we should be able to discover their sex. Then, we'll be able to say "his" or "her" instead of "their" Exciting stuff!

It's a girl!

Lucky you!