Archive for February, 2008

The Secret Origin of the Name

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

I’m not sure who suggested it, Kristen or I, but the name came quite easily to us. For those concerned, no, we are not naming our child Barnabas; it’s just an in utero nickname. (We still haven’t thought of real names.) It’s a strange thing, talking about Barnabas. We don’t know whether it’s a he [...]

The Short History of Barnabas Monkeypants

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

On December 7th, I got an e-mail from Kristen. In it she said that if we didn’t have any sticks with which she could urinate on, we should get them pronto. (The subject of the e-mail was “I don’t want to get your hopes up”, which I immediately assumed she was talking about getting me [...]