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Another truth: few things are as good at cleaning an apartment as a new baby.  I had to clear off the top of my dresser to make room for a changing pad, which means all the old paper on top of my dresser needs to be actually dealt with.  Including the family recipe for carrot pudding.  This isn't like the modern jell-o pudding you're used to; think more like traditional British bread pudding.  It's almost like cake.  Our family traditionally serves this on Thanksgiving and it usually steals the show.  It's a desert item but we eat it with the main course for tw

They're both doing well.  Yelena will probably be discharged today (Monday).  She's still sore but feels better every day and is in good spirits.  Baby is still small.  It's taking him a while to learn how to eat, and in fact most babies lose weight their first week.  He seems to prefer sleeping, which won't help him grow.  But he's slowly getting the hang of it so hopefully we'll see him start to gain weight soon.  The hospital will probably hold on to him through the end of the week, but they may take him out of the incubator today or tomorrow, which is

Meet Nathan Morris Belkin Koplowicz.

Born: 12/27/2008 7:30 am

Weight: 4 lbs 13 oz

Location: University of California, San Francisco Children's Hospital

Hebrew name: Natan Moshe Baruch ben Yarden Yitzhak hakohen v'Leah

Happy Hanukah!

Cool song.  Even better movie.  So how do you add to something already so great?  Like this:

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It's a collaboration of street performers from California, New Orleans, New Mexico, Europe, Russia, and Africa.  They only heard each other through the headphones.  Put it all together, and it's magic.