Retrosnark

Funny thing about those statements

You know, those statements I made a couple of days ago about blogging and emailing? Hehe, well, it's the funniest thing. You know how I said that my son had been pretty easy to handle? Yeah, well, that was before he turned into

THE COLICKY DEMON-BEAST FROM HELL!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, is there a more heart-stopping sound than a baby--especially YOUR baby--crying like a banshee monkey in need of a root canal, earnestly throwing his all into a vocal showcase worthy of Ethel Merman, and you can't do a darn thing about it? That's been the Dunn household for the last few days. Thank God for Gripe Water, Alimentum, Mylicon, and a mother's and grandmother's soothing ability. (Of course I tried. And of course I failed. When he's old enough to jam his index finger playing catch is when I'll be in the "Daddy comforting sweet spot.") We're actually getting a little rest. But the blogging and emailing, they no work. Maybe this weekend. Sorry.

In the meantime, howzabout a link to some spiffy old Warner Bros. cartoons? Whoever Dynotuber is, he/she has excellent taste in cels.

Who said this baby stuff was hard?

I mean, my son--that's still weird to type, I'm gonna just tell you--is a month old today, and I'm not sleep-deprived at all. I mean, sure, sometimes treappds updsaw83fnn or pwqaudddbs, but that's to be epfatedesldasr, cralwm? It's not like I'm delirious or blacking outtttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt or anything.

Actually, the little feller has been pretty doggone good. People ask me and my wife if he sleeps through the night, and we say, "As far as we know. We leave the fan on so he won't bother us." (That joke copyright Henry Cho, who not only has done comedy for 20+ years without ever using a cuss word, but is also the nicest person I've ever interviewed.) And, of course, it's a new experience for me to actually be excited--nay, giddy--over the sight of a bowel movement.

I said all that to say that I'm going to try and resume blogging, now that things have settled down a wee bit. (In addition to daddy duty, I had a weekend of concert coverage and another weeknight concert to review, too.) I'm kind of swamped today (I'm blogging on my lunch hour, as a matter of fact), but hopefully will be back tomorrow. And if I'm asked really nicely, I might post a picture or two of the little feller.

And if you've emailed, I'm about to start plowing through my backlog. I apologize for the lateness in responding.