Jim Alfredson

Momma and baby again! The one word that best describes Zora's demeanor right now is "contemplative". She hardly cries. She just looks at everything.

Zora and Uncle Joe!

Momma and baby! Look at that hair!!!

It's time for more pictures!!!!

Thank you Marg! I will post more pictures soon!!!

I was thinking "And Zora Is Here"

I already started writing it tonight.

Yeah, the Pro Audio section of eBay is rife with scams, too. If I'm considering buying anything of any worth, I email the seller first and ask some questions and see what his response is. Usually the scammers don't reply. Or if they do reply, the English is terrible and their lack of knowledge about the product really shows. I have never bought anything from 0 feedback users. I don't care if it's the best deal on the planet, I'll wait until they have some feedback under their belts. Oh, and if it's a really high priced item, after I email I ask to call them. I want to talk to the person face to face. I haven't been scammed yet.

Kidd the best PG? Nah. But I do agree with you about the kissing thing. Irritates the hell out of me. Pistons won on Saturday... that was nice.

Sure! She already has seven aunts, and three uncles. With more uncles to come, as one of my sisters is engaged and the other won't be far behind, I'm sure!

Thank you all! About her name: Zora is an old name that we just liked. Of course she turned out to be a girl (we didn't know the sex)... because we had the boy name picked out (Jim the VI!) but we hadn't settled on a girl name. We were deciding between Zora, Georgia, and Audrey. I asked her if she liked Zora when I was holding her right after birth and her little legs started kicking. I asked her about Georgia and she just looked at me. Then Audrey and the same response. So I asked about Zora again and she kicked away!!! We like that name, too. Luella is a family name. My grandmother is named Luella and it was her grandmother's middle name. My wife's father's mother was named Luella and it was a middle name there, too. And my mother, who passed away 7 years ago, had the middle name of "Lue", short for Luella. So it's a homage to the strong women in our family. I'm going back to the hospital now.. I've been doing painting in the bathroom, getting ready to install the tub and the sink before the wife comes home so she can take a nice, deep, hot bath for the first time since we bought the house... nine months ago! Thank you, everybody. I have so much love in my heart right now I don't know what to do.

Fellow Organissimo Forum members, please say hello to Zora Luella Alfredson, born April 24, 2004 at 7:41pm at a weight of 7 pounds, 14 ounces and 21 inches in length!!!! She is the beautiful first child of me and my wife and also the first grandchild/niece for both sides of the family! My wife is completely amazing. After inducing labor at 6pm Friday evening due to falling fluid levels in the uterus and a rather large predicted weight (the doctors were estimating 8.5 pounds... my wife is only 5'1") we chose to induce labor on the advice of our doctors. After 8 hours of intense contractions that never stopped, my poor wife had not dilated at all! She had enough and called in the epideral. After another 16 hours of labor, she had only dilated to 7cm. And everytime the contractions tried to push the baby down towards the birth canal, the poor little girl would go into fetal stress. So upon the advice of our doctor we had a c-section. Baby is beautiful and completely healthy, and mother is recovering well. I cannot even explain the joy in my heart! A LITTLE GIRL!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Speaking of "Poppa Was A Rollin' Stone"... that is one BADASS motherfucking tune! The Temps were the shit. That's all I have to say.

Yeah, what's up with that? They better not turn this into the first round of last year, where it took them a full 7 games to beat Orlando.

It is so obvious who that list was compiled by: Gen X-ers. There are what, only 4 songs not from the 80s or 90s or 00s? You're telling me that the 50s, 60s, and 70s had only 4 bad songs in 30 years? Gimme a break.

There is no way in hell that this guy has a girlfriend/boyfriend, wife/partner, whatever. Tron Costume Holy Jesus, there are so many funny quotes on that site!!!!

Man, Berstein is great. Pick up any of the Larry Goldings trio records to hear not only some fine organ playing, but some fine guitar picking and drumming as well. He also plays a lot with Sam Yahel's organ trio. Joe and I saw him a couple years ago with Lou Donaldson. The thing I love about his playing is how melodic he is... every line has a purpose.

An mp3 would be fine... and no, the baby hasn't arrived yet. He/she is apparently very determined not to be "fashionably early", since my wife's official due date is April 21st (tomorro!!!)

Ok, I can't believe no one has started a thread dedicated to the playoffs yet, so I'm going to. Watched the first game of the Pistons/Bucks game today. Ben Wallace almost had a triple double and had 17 points. Sheed had 17 as well. Now that's scary! At one point the Pistons were up by 30 points. They are doing what they should do, which is sweep this series. Lakers got lucky on Saturday.

I sent a package to this festival, too. Didn't hear anything.

Why Detroit didn't draft Carmelo is a total mystery. Why send such a talented kid to the West, which already has enough talent? Can you imagine where they would be right now with him? Unbelievable. Darko isn't worth the cost of the dye in his hair right now. Maybe he'll turn into a good player, but that's a big maybe.

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European votes don't count because you're all a bunch of liberal mucks anyway.

Joe, you are hereby banished from the Organissimo Forum until you fulfill the obligations thereof: Namely, becoming chronically overweight, grossly opionated, completely reliant on beer and Cheetos for sustenance, and with an unhealthy penchant for extreme pornography. The quicker you meet these goals, the faster you'll be re-instated.

John Patton Baby-Face Willette Don Patterson