I normally avoid blogging about my life, but this is one personal event I couldn’t pass up: On December 27, at 7:29, my son Gabriel Ezra Thompson was born. He’s healthy, happy, and if I do say so myself, insanely cute. That’s a picture of him above. On the right.

I will be blogging only sporadically for the next few weeks; indeed, I will be thinking only sporadically for the next few weeks, given the sketchy sleep cycles that currently dominate my existence.

We now return you to your regular programming!