It’s the Beginning of the World as He Knows It
And we feel fine. Pics of all 8 pounds 13.8 ounces and 19.5 inches of him to follow soon. Bonus points for the first commenter who can correctly guess the county of Xrlq 3.0’s birth.
UPDATE: It was a trick question, but commenter AMac nailed it.
UPDATE x2: A commenter at Patterico questions the timing of this announcement. Heh.
August 26th, 2006 at 6:23 pm
Let me be the first to congratulate you! On the blog, anyway.
August 26th, 2006 at 7:04 pm
Congrats!
August 26th, 2006 at 7:10 pm
Orange?? Just kidding.
Congrats! And give the Mrs. a big hug for me!
August 26th, 2006 at 9:12 pm
Congrats X! Uh well the only county I know in Virginia is Fauquier, because you mentioned it, so maybe that one.
August 26th, 2006 at 11:25 pm
CTG, Joel: Good guess, but it’s a good hour and a half away from there.
August 26th, 2006 at 11:37 pm
Congrats, Xrlq! And I’m guessing Henrico.
August 26th, 2006 at 11:44 pm
Thanks! Henrico is the best guess so far, but as Bill said to Monica’s replacement, that was close but no cigar.
August 27th, 2006 at 12:50 am
Thought it was Xrlqville?
CONGRATULATIONS! And good wishes to Mrs. Xrlq for a speedy recovery.
August 27th, 2006 at 9:52 am
X — Congrats! My guess: Fairfax? Montgomery?
August 27th, 2006 at 4:16 pm
[...] On the birth of his son. [...]
August 27th, 2006 at 4:20 pm
How blessed to be born a Virginian and not a Californian.
Congratulations to you and your bride.
August 27th, 2006 at 7:36 pm
I just want to know what his name is. I’m partial to Zgtrq.
Congratulations to the Xrlq household.
August 27th, 2006 at 9:06 pm
Congrats, Mr. Q. Chesterfield?
August 27th, 2006 at 9:55 pm
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August 27th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
Anwyn: nah, Xrlqville is in the sticks. They don’t have electricity or running water there, let alone hospitals. OK, so they do have Fred’s Bank, I’ll give them that, but still…
Hube: Sorry, too far north.
Pablo: For all I know, there probably is a Zgtrq County somewhere in Virginia, and if I knew where it was, I probably would have arranged for him to be born there.
Craig: See my earlier comment about Monica’s replacement and the missing cigar.
August 27th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
Dinwiddie?
I can keep guessing counties all day. It is a finite set…
And congrats…
August 27th, 2006 at 11:34 pm
A good guess, but again not correct.
Time for Clue #1: when I finally reveal the answer, most Virginian readers who know what part of the state I live in will slap themselves on the forehead saying “Of course, why didn’t I get that!” while non-Virginian readers will invariably scratch their heads and say, “Huh?”
August 28th, 2006 at 8:18 am
Hmm, are Virginia’s independent cities parts of counties? Up here, the state constitution makes one and only one city (Baltimore) into its own quasi-county.
So I’ll guess Richmond.
August 28th, 2006 at 8:24 am
[...] To Xrlq on the new addition. [...]
August 28th, 2006 at 9:32 am
Bingo. According to Wikipedia, 39 of the 42 independent cities in the USA are located in Virginia. In fact, “independent city” is almost a redundant phrase in this commonwealth, as all cities (as opposed to towns) are independent of counties, by definition. Xrlq 3.0 was born in the City of Richmond, and therefore, in no county.
August 28th, 2006 at 9:56 am
X,
congrats to you & the little lady. Now stop breeding - there are enough damned lawyers1 (j/k) :)
August 28th, 2006 at 10:07 am
Independent cities, huh? How does that work? Do you think it works well?
August 28th, 2006 at 10:08 am
Grats!
August 28th, 2006 at 10:25 am
Congrats. And if you’re still searching for a name, Thundaar is still available.
August 28th, 2006 at 10:39 am
Publicola, that’s a fair point. OTOH, while we need fewer lawyers in general, don’t we need more gun-slingin’, Southern by the grace of Dad’s employer lawyers?
Anywyn: Basically, the city runs everything. Functionally, it’s no different from San Francisco, which is technically both a city and a county, with a unified government controlling both. Also compare NYC, which spans five counties. To the best of my knowledge, county governments don’t do all that much in most incorporated municipalities, anyway. They do much more here because state law prohibits the incorporation of new towns in a county whose popoulation density exceeds 1,000 per square mile. This means no municipalities at all in Henrico County, which mostly surrounds the City of Richmond, and none I’m aware of in Chesterfield County, which covers the rest.
August 28th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
Congratulations!…
To Xrlq and the lovely Mrs. X on the birth of their second son, Xrlq 3.0! And also to big brother Xrlq 2.0……
August 28th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
And yet more congrats on the happy tidings, Xrlq and Mrs. Xrlq.
August 28th, 2006 at 6:38 pm
I am not just Anywyn, dammit, I am the Onlywyn. Except maybe Larwyn over at Ace’s. Seriously, I almost registered anywyn.com when I was throwing up my hands in frustration at trying to get anwyn.com registered, because it’s such a common typo and cute pun at the same time.
ANYway, gotcha re city/county. I’m in an unincorporated part of a county myself; our cops are the sherriff’s guys, to the best of my knowledge. I don’t know enough of the details as to how it works; i.e. our schools are the schools of the nearest suburb, but I don’t know how our property taxes are divvied up, because our mailing address is the big city, not the small suburb. Weirdness.
August 28th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
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August 28th, 2006 at 10:51 pm
Many congrats to the Mrs and you. If this is your first, then you are at the beginning of the great adventure of raising a future citizen. It is one of the hardest, yet most rewarding things we get to do!
August 28th, 2006 at 11:30 pm
[Stupid comment deleted, troll banned. -X]
August 29th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
COngrats to you and your growing family.
September 1st, 2006 at 11:59 pm
ΝΑ ΣΑΣ ΖΗΣΗ. I wish him health and long life. And I wish you, the parents, that he drinks all his milk quickly and sleeps the night through.