marg

hey, bro.. please don't give up on being one of the TD marshalls..

I know how bad funerals and wakes can be, especially as these days they always seem to be for the best and bravest (or funniest, or most beautiful, or nicest..)

At the end of the day, we'd love you to keep being our cheerful Radio Baldur host [the show MUST go on !], and continue keeping an eye open for inappropriate forum entries.

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Asante Samuel, Konnan, Jacqueline Moore, Howie Long, Nigella Lawson, C. Michael Foale, Rowan Atkinson, Moondog Spot, Kim Wilson, Guy Gardner, Syd Barrett, Bonnie Franklin, Van McCoy, Paolo Conte, Julio Maria Sanguinetti Coirolo, Oleg Makarov, Capucine, E. L. Doctorow, Vic Tayback, Kid Gavilan, John DeLorean, Earl Scruggs, Sun Myung Moon, Doris Stokes, Eugene T. Maleska, Loretta Young, Danny Thomas, Wright Morris, Idris Davies, Phyllis Haver, Khalil Gibran, Tom Mix, Carl Sandburg, Gustave Dore', Baldassare Verazzi, Etienne Montgolfier, John Smith, Joan of Arc and Richard II of England.

marg

Hang on.. which John Smith are we talking about here ? .. the one in Houston ?

Baldur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_of_Jamestown

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Haley Bennett, John Rich, C.W. Anderson, Doug E. Doug, David Yost, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, Nicholas Cage, Rand Paul, Donna Rice, Katie Couric, Erin Gray, Kenny Loggins, Frederick D. Gregory, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Charles Addams, Butterfly McQueen, Red Allen, King Ludwig III of Bavaria, Sir Sanford Fleming, Millard Fillmore and Pope Gregory XIII.

Baldur

Joyous tidings to all from Boughbreak.
Baldur has received word that he will become a grandfather in 2011.
The due date is in early September.

polenta

CONGRATULATIONS BALDUR

Does anyone know anything about IN VITRO FERTILIZATION? Has anyone heard about a case or had first-hand knowledge?

Login

I have heard of many cases, polenta. They used to result in multiple births, (anything up to six babies) but I believe the techniques have improved in the last couple of years.

Hazer

That's great news Baldur. I am expecting another grandchild in July. Is this your first?
Polenta, I too have heard of many cases but have no first hand knowledge.

Dragon

Congrats to the Grandpa to be! Have you decided yet what you'd like to be known as? Grandpa or Papa etc etc...

When my brother was expecting his first child my dad decided he wanted to be known as Crusty, thank god that didn't last.

Baldur

Thank you everyone.
Yes Hazer, this will be my first Grandchild.
As to titles, Dragon, I imagine that the current one used by the Californian branch of the family, 'Papi' (pronounced (pop-E'), will remain in effect.
Baldur thinks Grandpapi is too weird.

Normal

Polenta, I have at least one gorgeous in vitro 2nd cousin, starting college this year. No doubt MANY successful cases are among us these days.

polenta

wow, thanks everybody and Normal, what you say is great!! My niece had this procedure done in December and couldn't get pregnant. The topic is not loudly spoken in the family not to bother her but I wonder if we should encourage her to try again. That's why I wanted to know. What happened to other people could be good to know. I think it's a little troublesome and also quite expensive because it has to be done privately. Has anyone heard anything?

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Maria Ozawa, Chris Mordetzky, Boris Avrukh. R. Kelly, Keith Arkell, Rey Mysterio Sr., Nacho Duato, David Bowie, Terry Brooks, Yvette Mimieux, Stephen Hawking, Boris Vallejo, Graham Chapman, Carolina Herrera. Bob Eubanks, Dame Shirley Bassey! (see video below), Elvis Presley, Charles Osgood, Soupy Sales, Larry Storch, Gypsy Rose Lee, Evelyn Wood, Arthur Ford, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Bronislave Nijinska, Frank Nelso Doubleday and Albert Bierstadt.

Baldur

Here is Dame Shirley Bassey's hit song from just a couple years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B53-9_Z55Hk

Qsilv

...it's also posted by Dame Shirley herself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqNcyFNMfLM



Congratulations Papi-B -- in you that lucky kidlet will have one of the wiser and most engagingly world-opening relatives anywhere!

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Kate Middleton, Chad Ochocinco, Todd Grisham, Sean Paul, Dave Matthews, Mark Martin, Crystal Gayle, Bill Cowsill, Jimmy Page, Joan Baez, Sussanah York, Bob Denver, Bart Starr, Algis Budrys, Judith Krantz, Lee Van Cleef, Clive Dunn, Chan Canasta, Vic Mizzy, Fernando Lamas, Richard Nixon, Simone de Beauvoir, Chic Young, Jennie Jerome and Pope Gregory XV.

indigo

Just found out about the good news Baldur.....you are so lucky, Congratulations!!

Baldur

Yes, I'm rather excited about becoming a grandfather.. all the fun of childraising with the option of returning them at the end of the day when you need a rest.

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Anotherronism, Felix Trinidad, Brian Lawler, Buff Bagwell, Pat Benatar, Linda Lovelace, George Foreman, Teresa Graves, Donald Fagen, Edward Wiskoski. Rod Stewart, Jim Croce, Sal Mineo, Al Goldstein, Burnum Burnum, Johnnie Ray, Terukuni Manzo, Ray Bolger, Voldemar Vali, Mary Ingalls, Frank James, Charles Ingalls and Ethan Allen.