I have been informed by Tim Lynch that he has been absent from here recently since he has been wholly involved with the arrival of his daughter this past Friday at 5:49 PM, weighing in at 6 lbs 11 ounces and measuring 19.5 inches.
And I'm pleased to announce that, in a show of solidarity, the child has been named "Fallen Angel Lynch."
PAD
Posted by Peter David at August 25, 2004 12:55 AM | TrackBack | Other blogs commentingOkay, not really, it's Katherine Erin Hazard Lynch. Which means Tim doesn't get the ten bucks I offered him. But what can you do.
PAD
Well, since you've often hinted that "Lee" is just a nom du guerre, perhaps you could doom his daughter to that fate unilaterally by revealing Katherine Erin Hazard as her real name.
Hey, congrats to Tim... and kudos for going the cool-middle-name route. As the dad of Kieran Danger Barre (named almost exclusively so that he can get mega-cache in college with the ol' "Danger is my middle name" bit) I fully appreciate taking the extra in-law eyerolling to give your daughter that little extra chance of being an adventure protagonist.
"Okay, not really, it's Katherine Erin Hazard Lynch. Which means Tim doesn't get the ten bucks I offered him. But what can you do."
Ten bucks for a lifetime stigma? Pshhhh.
Heh.
Nice try, PAD:) Hey, if Kevin Smith can name his daughter Harley Quinn (and Gwyneth paltrow can name her child Apple) it was worth a shot.
And kudos to Tim and his wife. May his daughter grow up healthy and happy.
Hey, Peter--didn't you once write a character called Mark HAZ(Z)ARD(Merc)?
Um, the Hazard in Katherine's name is from her mother (i.e. it's an extra last name, not a middle name picked for coolness).
Congrats to Tim and Lisa...and too bad Katherine didn't wait another week or so to get you out of the first day of school. :-)
Congratulations Tim and Lisa!!!
Of all the blessings on Earth, a daughter is one of the best.
Congrats Tim!! Hope both mom and child are doing very well!! Also hope dad survived with his sanity in place through what must have been a nerve-wracking experience!!
Fred
Peter, just call her "Lee Lynch" for short.
-- Ken from Chicago
P.S. Or does Superman have the copyright on characters with double-"L" initials?
Congrats. Daughters rock. I have 3. You're always "Daddy". It's great.
Now, if I could just talk one of them into keeping the family name. Oh well...
Later,
Chip
Congradulations and a long and happy life to your whole family. Daughters are great.
Congratulations, Tim!!! :-)
Gorginfoogle
I do believe I win this game of punctuation one-upsmanship, thank you.
Congratulations, Tim!
(Don't let your daughters grow up to be red shirts!)
"Kate Hazard." The greatest name ever. That's practically a comic book heroine right there!
Congratulations, Tim! May all your daughter's comic book shops be female-friendly!
Congratulations Tim! I can tell you from personal experience that daughters grow up too fast. Don't forget to buy the shotgun on the way home!
We might've gone for Fallen Angel Lynch, PAD, but you've gotta do way better than ten bucks. Cheap bastard.
And yes, Hazard is Lisa's last name, so it's not a middle name chosen for coolness reasons. It's simply that we wanted to have both somehow and that hyphenating Hazard and Lynch is a monstrous thing to do to a child, regardless of the order. :-)
Thanks to one and all for the congratulations. We all came through it pretty intact, at least so far -- dad's sanity included. Now to see how I manage the start of the teaching year on next to no sleep...
(Oh, as for "Lee Lynch" -- once we decided we were going with Lynch as the last name, we immediately ruled out any first name beginning with L as falling into the "rejected Superman characters" motif. Not all family members understood how important that concern was, but whaddya do.)
And Bill, don't think we completely ignored your suggestion of "Mothra" quite some time ago. We mentioned it to at least three out of four grandparents just to get a reaction -- Lisa's dad thought we were serious.
Thanks to PAD for passing on the news, and to all.
TWL
Oh, almost forgot. In an example of what you get when the mom's a biologist, one version of the birth announcement reads "Katherine Erin Hazard Lynch successfully made the transition from endoparasite to ectoparasite on..."
They're going to take this child away from us, aren't they?
TWL
They're going to take this child away from us, aren't they?
If they find out you post here they might:-)
Congrats
Congratulations and I hope you get as much joy from your daughter as I do from mine. Since Mattie came into our lives we can't imagine how we lived without her. I wish the same for you. And even getting little or no rest is worth it when you look down into that wonderful little face. Just move your desk to the back of the room, assign some reading and snooze for an hour. ;)
"And Bill, don't think we completely ignored your suggestion of "Mothra" quite some time ago. We mentioned it to at least three out of four grandparents just to get a reaction -- Lisa's dad thought we were serious."
One of these days someone is going to be nuts enough to actually follow through on this...and when that child reaches the age at which he/she will be able to handle firearms, the last thing that will pass through my mind before the bullet does will be "Well, I had it coming."
Tim,
Congratulations ,Good luck and may you have a healthy,happy, little girl.
So, its true. Nothing is too low for you to stoop in order to promote yourself. You are truely disgusting.
And from more of us here in the Great White North, congratulations and much health and happiness!
Congratulations to the proud parents!
Yes, daughters are great! :)
(But I am sure, sons are great, too. We just haven`t got one)
Congratulations, Tim. You'll get to sleep again someday, trust me.
And to all you parents out there: Is it a universal fear of first-time parents that they're going to take your children away from you. I bumped my son Jonathan's head getting him into the car as we were leaving the hospital, and I swore they were going to take him back.
Hey, congrats! Enjoy every minute you can, because, although cliche, they grow up way to fast. Our son is almost a year now, and I look back at pictures of me holding him from a few months back and I can't believe how small he was. It's truly an amazing and wonderful experience that inexplicably seems to zip by. I even miss the late night feedings (and yes, I did them, I'm a stay at home dad).
Congrats and enjoy.
Monkeys.
Congratulation and good luck with the new baby.
Regards:
Warren S. Jones III
Congrats, Tim!
The world needs more skiffy geeks, and I know from personal experience that you're well-qualified to train her for that job! :-D
Where should I send the complemental gift set of original series Star Trek DVDs? ;-)
A gift set of TOS DVD's? At Paramount's prices? What, did you just get in on the Google IPO or something? :-)
Of course, if you're serious, feel free to e-mail me and I'll pop you an address.
(Believe it or not, those would be the only Trek DVD's in the house other than most of the films. B5, got 'em all; Buffy and Angel, got 'em; Firefly, yep; Trek, not at present.]
TWL
(Believe it or not, those would be the only Trek DVD's in the house other than most of the films. B5, got 'em all; Buffy and Angel, got 'em; Firefly, yep; Trek, not at present.]
I dn't blame you in the least. I just topped off my B5 set with the movie collection, and I also have Buffy, Angel, and Firefly, in addition to Batman: TAS Volume 1. And as much as I'd love a Deep Space Nine set in my collection, I refuse to purchase them at those prices out of principle.
Congratulations, Tim!
I was just twigging you for old times' sake, Tim. :-D
I don't own any Trek DVDs, either, aside from TWOK and TSFS. I may buy seasons 1 and 2 of Classic Trek someday. Mostly I just don't want your daughter growing up watching TNG. :-)
I own all of B5, too (well, haven't received the films yet; anyone know if they're going to release the original broadcast version of the pilot, with the nifty Stewart Copeland soundtrack? My video of it is getting pretty old).
I never got into Buffy or Angel (mainly because by the time I'd heard enough good things about them to become intrigued, I'd spent the past year catching up on all of Homicide and the Batman and Superman cartoons and didn't have the energy to catch up on another series). I did try Firefly, but thought it was just awful awful awful awful awful.
These days I'm just watching Smallville and Justice League Unlimited, now that The West Wing has become boring...
anyone know if they're going to release the original broadcast version of the pilot, with the nifty Stewart Copeland soundtrack? My video of it is getting pretty old
The new set has the re-edited version of the pilot, with the added scenes and whatnot. It's in a full-screen aspect ratio...I can't remember whether or not the crappy double-sided DVD from a couple years ago was fullscreen or not. Sadly for you, I think the "new" version of the pilot is considered canon. From what I understand (I haven't seen the original), the new one is overall better.
I did try Firefly, but thought it was just awful awful awful awful awful.
If you tried it during its run on Fox, you owe it to yourself to try it again on DVD. When viewed in the proper freaking order, it's a fantastic series. Some of the best characters I've seen on TV, period.
I was just twigging you for old times' sake, Tim. :-D
That was my guess, but I figured I'd respond just to stay on the safe side.
For those not familiar with the background of this particular "old times' sake", Michael and I had a recurring debate over the quality of TNG for years back in the glory days of rec.arts.startrek (later rec.arts.startrek.*) on Usenet. Dueling reviews from week to week were very much at the heart of it.
I own all of B5, too (well, haven't received the films yet; anyone know if they're going to release the original broadcast version of the pilot, with the nifty Stewart Copeland soundtrack? My video of it is getting pretty old).
From what I've heard, there are no plans to release the Copeland-scored version, no. In some ways that's a pity, as I do like the Copeland score a lot -- but since I think the retooling of the pilot is so much better in every other way, I can live with it.
TWL
This probably isn't much of an option, but if you get a part-time job at your friendly neighborhood Best Buy, you can pick up each season of Deep Space Nine for just over 80 bucks. Is that a somewhat more reasonable price for them?
if you get a part-time job at your friendly neighborhood Best Buy, you can pick up each season of Deep Space Nine for just over 80 bucks
Not a bad idea in principle, but I can't shake the feeling that working in a store like that would actually be a money-losing venture for me.
I also tremble at the thought of making commission, as I believe people at those stores tend to do...
I didn't when I worked there, though in fairness I *was* just a cashier.
For those not familiar with the background of this particular "old times' sake", Michael and I had a recurring debate over the quality of TNG for years back in the glory days of rec.arts.startrek (later rec.arts.startrek.*) on Usenet. Dueling reviews from week to week were very much at the heart of it.
Did I win? :-)
I can, too; I'm just a little disappointed. (Not nearly as disappointed as I was when I realized how much the series lost plotwise when Sinclair was replaced by Sheridan, but, y'know.) The pilot was such a revelation at the time ("You mean they can do that with SFX on television? Coooool...") that I'd like the original edit just for nostalgia's sake.
AFAIK, Copeland's never released his score on CD, which is also a shame. The background music in the casino came from The Rhythmatist, but that's not the stuff I'd like to have.
Let's try that again, for those of us who actually remember to close our HTML tags...
For those not familiar with the background of this particular "old times' sake", Michael and I had a recurring debate over the quality of TNG for years back in the glory days of rec.arts.startrek (later rec.arts.startrek.*) on Usenet. Dueling reviews from week to week were very much at the heart of it.
Did I win? :-)
From what I've heard, there are no plans to release the Copeland-scored version, no. In some ways that's a pity, as I do like the Copeland score a lot -- but since I think the retooling of the pilot is so much better in every other way, I can live with it.
I can, too; I'm just a little disappointed. (Not nearly as disappointed as I was when I realized how much the series lost plotwise when Sinclair was replaced by Sheridan, but, y'know.) The pilot was such a revelation at the time ("You mean they can do that with SFX on television? Coooool...") that I'd like the original edit just for nostalgia's sake.
AFAIK, Copeland's never released his score on CD, which is also a shame. The background music in the casino came from The Rhythmatist, but that's not the stuff I'd like to have.