I’ve been a father for less than two weeks and everything is a blur. As I’m typing this, Haden is asleep in my lap. He’s on a three-hour feeding schedule, so I’ve gotten used to doing what little productive work I do in smaller blocks of time. I think I can manage the odd sleep [...]

He’s here! Mini-Wheat has arrived! Here are the vital statistics: Weight: 7 lbs., 15 oz. Length: 20 inches Time of birth: 7:41 AM He has lots of strawberry blond hair! And he is in all ways perfect, of course. Gina is recovering nicely. I’ve added a few pix at Flickr under the new Haden tag [...]

I edited the previous post, but for the benefit of those of you who follow via RSS, the timeline has changed. Mini-Wheat will be here tomorrow (1/9/08). We’re going in a 6:00 AM. The fireworks begin shortly after. I’ll post pics and other details when I get a chance.

Okay, it’s really an Expected Date of Arrival, but I don’t know of anyone abbreviates that. Gina’s doctors plan to induce pregnancy labor on the 11th. I’m not going to be live-blogging the entire event. But I will post updates and pics as time permits. So this is my last baby-free weekend for . . [...]

I always end up watching a bunch of movies over the holiday break. This year was no different. The following are definitely worth your time: A few years ago, after seeing his abysmal film, Spider, and having previously been burned by Crash (not to be with Crash), I had entirely given up on David Cronenberg. [...]