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want to know the best news i've heard in a long long time? yesterday at about 12:30, my friends dave and jessica welcomed their daughter into the world! apparently, a friday night viewing of _ben hur_ and the threat of induced labor finally made little charlotte realize that it was time to be born. so she came into the world the old fashioned way -- with an epidural!

i cried on the phone when i heard the news. yes. cried. why, you ask? well, probably because i've just gotten my period and i'm a little emotional, but it also could be because i'm really really really really glad that this little family exists. brilliant!