the ever-expanding extended family unit and other silliness

so my sister went into labor around noon today. a week past her "due date" but hey, first kid, who knows when they're going to show up. so sometime tonight or tomorrow i will be an uncle. very cool. apparently if it's a boy it will be named after my paternal grandfather, who died last year. and if it's a girl, there are more options.

i spent a sleepless couple of nights cursing at Amadeus II while using it to digitize some 78s of piano music that my wife's great-aunt recorded about 60 years ago. the resulting files were then burned to CD and sent along with my in-laws who visited the great-aunt in question today. i am apparently definitely on her good list now. (odd family connections - my wife's great-aunt was my dad's accompanist when he did solo voice back in college.)

in other silliness:
( what kind of Republican am I? )

yeah, always knew i leaned a bit conservative for Santa Cruz.