We Have a Winna!

Well, the kid was born Thursday night. Slowly but surely, she is earning my love and respect.

She was 8 lbs 5 oz., which means that Beth won the "guess the baby's weight" contest with her guess of 8 lbs 3 oz. Beth, email me your address to receive your very own copy of the album Jessie played pretty much all day on Thursday, Black Sabbath's heavy metal classic, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, a dark and plodding album that should be a part of every central Indiana librarian's music collection. And every birth.

In addition to the deliciously evil title track (which contains a totally badass riff and, oddly, was once covered by The Cardigans), highlights of the album include:
-"A National Acrobat," which is a pyschedelic metal masterpiece about, appropriately, the miracle of conception (I kid you not).
-"Sabbra Cadabra," which is a rollicking song with the approximate beat of my kid's kicks when she is being changed.
-"Killing Yourself to Live," which, in addition to being an awesome song inspired by Geezer Butler's kidney problems from alcohol abuse, is also the title of Chuck Klosterman's 2005 book detailing his journey around the country to various sites where rockers died.
-"Looking for Today," which is another great, fast-paced song, presumably about Alzheimer's.

And of course, the cover art was inspired by that one episode of The Odd Couple where Felix has a nightmare.

Rolling Stone described the album as "nothing less than a complete success." Merry Christmas, Beth, from our little girl, Ozzy.