Jonson has a kid.

December 19, 2005 9:19 AM

Hein?
posted by cillit bang to Etiquette/Policy at 9:19 AM (76 comments total)

Now that's using the ol' Jonson!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:21 AM on December 19, 2005

Congratulations! Cute kid.
posted by LarryC at 9:21 AM on December 19, 2005

So, I'm assuming he took their advice then.
posted by Pollomacho at 9:21 AM on December 19, 2005

Cuuuuuuuuute.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:23 AM on December 19, 2005 [1 favorite]

Congratulation on your cute li'l larva, jonson!
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:31 AM on December 19, 2005

That's right. Only one congratulation.
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:32 AM on December 19, 2005

I thought the cillit bang account was banned along with Pretty_Generic et. al?
posted by xmutex at 9:34 AM on December 19, 2005

Congratz.

Honestly, it really creeps me out when geeks refer to their children as 'Me 2.0'.
posted by nixerman at 9:35 AM on December 19, 2005

I thought the cillit bang account was banned along with Pretty_Generic et. al?

Don't have the link to the thread but I think CB is Peeg's roommate and comes in on the same IP? Either way, he was reinstated almost immediately after being banned in the PG incident.
posted by Ryvar at 9:46 AM on December 19, 2005

Mazel tov!
posted by SisterHavana at 9:47 AM on December 19, 2005

I can attest to the difficulty of a project like that. Congrats jonson. She's a cutie.

I'll put $10 on deleted in the next 20 minutes.
posted by panoptican at 9:47 AM on December 19, 2005

That's totally not a project.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 9:48 AM on December 19, 2005

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no wait wrong character.
ummm.....

!
posted by edgeways at 9:50 AM on December 19, 2005

Was he born today? 12/19 is a good day to be born. I speak from experience.
posted by amro at 9:53 AM on December 19, 2005

Not a project? Are you kidding? That took five minutes of hard work and 9 months of waiting for it to come to fruition.
posted by Roger Dodger at 9:59 AM on December 19, 2005

Woo! So happy for you -- congrats!!!
posted by scody at 10:05 AM on December 19, 2005

!
posted by drezdn at 10:10 AM on December 19, 2005

!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:14 AM on December 19, 2005

That's the most awesome just of Projects to date.
posted by Captaintripps at 10:16 AM on December 19, 2005

Better him than me!

(Congrats jonson).
posted by dios at 10:26 AM on December 19, 2005

Mazel tov! : >
posted by amberglow at 10:27 AM on December 19, 2005

(and Happy Birthday Amro!!!)
posted by amberglow at 10:27 AM on December 19, 2005

w00t!
posted by quonsar at 10:31 AM on December 19, 2005

Wait until it starts to download.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 10:34 AM on December 19, 2005

thanks everyone! I can't claim too much of the credit on this one (other than following the advice from the askMe thread quite rigorously), but I absolutely will attest to the fact that this is a project. Unfortunately, the project is just beggining and will likely carry on for a number of years. Thanks again for the kind thoughts, hopefully little Emerson will get her father's sense of humor without her father's meanspiritedness.
posted by jonson at 10:35 AM on December 19, 2005

Emerson? Is that really her name? Cool. And congratulations.
posted by Gator at 10:39 AM on December 19, 2005

How come I can't find the original AxMe thread? Was it deleted for some reason?

Oh, yeah, and congratulations, jonson!
posted by MrMoonPie at 10:43 AM on December 19, 2005

because there was no original thread, MrMoonPie, I just made it up. S'why I linked to an image of it rather than the thread itself. And yes, Gator, she's Emerson, although we're gonna call her Emma. And the pugs will look after her.
posted by jonson at 10:56 AM on December 19, 2005

Ah ha, I figured that thread was fake (see category: birds and bees). I so smaaaart.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:58 AM on December 19, 2005 [1 favorite]

So as not to appear some kind of killjoy scrooge, I will omit comments addressing this use of Projects and simply say: quick! someone post it to the Blue!
posted by scarabic at 11:00 AM on December 19, 2005

partypooper
posted by matteo at 11:08 AM on December 19, 2005

itym diaperpooper kthx
posted by cortex at 11:11 AM on December 19, 2005

metapooper?
posted by matteo at 11:15 AM on December 19, 2005

Congratulations on proving your evolutionary fitness, jonson.

Happy Bday amro.
posted by sciurus at 11:15 AM on December 19, 2005

Congrats jonson
posted by caddis at 11:27 AM on December 19, 2005

the project is just beggining and will likely carry on for a number of years...

Indeed, though one will have less free time during daylight hours, one gains many hours of awakeness during normal sleeping time... which will bring mastery of the (completely sober) 3am FPP.
posted by R. Mutt at 11:30 AM on December 19, 2005

Congrats to Mom 'n' Pop jonson on the New Jonsonette! (Prepare to deal with acute pug depression... keep those puppy treats flowing)
posted by maryh at 11:37 AM on December 19, 2005

I caught the "brisk rodgering" reference and thought it was a little anachronistic.
Congrats on the spud! Emerson is the greatest name.
posted by arcticwoman at 11:50 AM on December 19, 2005

Congratulations!

(and Happy Happy amro!)
posted by OmieWise at 11:56 AM on December 19, 2005

daddy, I think a ceremonial cleansing of the enemies list may be in order, no?
posted by amberglow at 11:56 AM on December 19, 2005

Shoulda named her Rodger (or Brisk!). Congrats!
posted by shoepal at 11:57 AM on December 19, 2005

If he'd taken care of this 'project' of his a bit sooner he might have just won an iPod for the kid. :)

Seriously though, [this is weird], but congrats!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 12:09 PM on December 19, 2005

Aw, what a cutie. Congrats.
posted by FunkyHelix at 12:09 PM on December 19, 2005

Congratulations, jonson and Mrs. jonson! She's a beautiful baby, and Emerson is a beautiful name. Cherish every moment. :)
posted by boomchicka at 12:11 PM on December 19, 2005

Awwwwwwwww, what a sweetie! Congratulations.
posted by theora55 at 12:23 PM on December 19, 2005

Eeeee, what a cutie! Congratulations.
posted by kalimac at 12:41 PM on December 19, 2005

you have a kid? a/s/l?
posted by shmegegge at 12:43 PM on December 19, 2005

oh, and congratulations.
posted by shmegegge at 12:43 PM on December 19, 2005

Congrats, jonson!

...and "w00t!", quonsar? hehe. Babies are teh r0x0rz!
posted by JeffK at 12:55 PM on December 19, 2005

That is the cutest baby EVER.
posted by LeeJay at 1:30 PM on December 19, 2005

Sure it's a project. It's just out of the embryonic phase and into infancy. Initial release has received positive feedback, but there's lots of all-nighters likely if continued success is to be nurtured, and even then the product specs eventually might not conform to initial requirements specification. But with the right investment and configuration management, no reason it shouldn't mature into a valuable contribution to the organization's portfolio. It's a high-risk strategy, but it might just work.

Congratulations!
posted by normy at 1:48 PM on December 19, 2005

Congratulations jonson! Here's to another cute but fiery latina in your life! :)
posted by riffola at 1:48 PM on December 19, 2005

Newborn, huh? I guess it's a baby baby. Congrats!
posted by Smart Dalek at 2:49 PM on December 19, 2005

Congratulations, jonson.

Although I reserve the right to retract that congratulations if you name your next two children "Lake" and "Palmer".
posted by filmgoerjuan at 3:02 PM on December 19, 2005

juan, that's a brilliant idea. I had only been planning to have the one baby, but now I'm going for the Trifecta!!!
posted by jonson at 3:20 PM on December 19, 2005

Bringing a kid into the world just to win an ipod is a shitty thing to do.

Congrats! :)
posted by fire&wings at 4:09 PM on December 19, 2005

Congratulations!

Your life just changed forever. Enjoy!
posted by konolia at 4:24 PM on December 19, 2005

If you actually got the conception date right on the faked green thread, that's kind of creepy but congrats nonetheless. :)
posted by kcm at 4:39 PM on December 19, 2005

I was just guessing the date on the faked axeme, not to worry. But I suspect quonsar's faked advice would be remarkably similar to what the real q would have offered if I'd have asked.
posted by jonson at 4:43 PM on December 19, 2005

Sweet! Congrats!
posted by deborah at 5:18 PM on December 19, 2005

You capitalized your user name in the fake question jonson. Otherwise, you had me fooled too. Congrats (on the baby; any schmuck can fool me).
posted by SeizeTheDay at 5:33 PM on December 19, 2005

:-)
posted by SeizeTheDay at 5:33 PM on December 19, 2005

Congrats! And in the project page I thought Pretty_Generic had the best answer, why no best answer flag?
posted by cmfletcher at 6:02 PM on December 19, 2005

Congratulations, jonson! Nice work on both the baby, and the spoofed page, too!
posted by yhbc at 6:27 PM on December 19, 2005

because there was no original thread

Aha! I was wondering why a 9 month old deleted thread would have the new layout...

Congratulations!
posted by easternblot at 7:03 PM on December 19, 2005

I like how the baby was conceived with the misuse of AskMe, born to a misuse of Projects and now a thread of just chatter. If it's posted to Metafilter the circle will be complete.
posted by geoff. at 7:15 PM on December 19, 2005

Perhaps one day in the far off future, baby Emerson's passing will warrant a simple "." on the blue, followed by user# 16,003,248,012 asking what the period means in obituary threads.
posted by jonson at 7:22 PM on December 19, 2005

Congratulations! What a cutie. And that's a great name.
posted by stinkycheese at 8:57 PM on December 19, 2005

If it's posted to Metafilter the circle will be complete.

*works feverishly to complete the emerson jonson jailbait countdown site*
posted by quonsar at 12:28 AM on December 20, 2005

Just keeping warning Young Emerson against getting all hoity-toity about mushrooms, and I'm sure she'll be fine here.
posted by maryh at 2:41 AM on December 20, 2005

: >
posted by amberglow at 5:52 AM on December 20, 2005

\(^o^)/
posted by tr33hggr at 12:11 PM on December 20, 2005

congratulations, jonson!
did anyone ever figure out where the remote was?
posted by carsonb at 10:08 PM on December 20, 2005

CONGRATS!!!

I have been waiting and waiting for some kind of announcement - R went way past her due date, didn't she?? Wow, what a cutie. And I love the Lake & Palmer suggestion - now you'll just have to have 2 more... (Might want to wait to bring that up to R, though.)

Congrats again, and FABULOUS use of MeFi projects, methinks.

Love from Auntie Widdershins ~
posted by widdershins at 6:36 AM on December 21, 2005

Now that God has answered my one prayer and you are a parent, I am besieging heaven with my next request. Oh let her be full-on, to-the-max little girl in all the little girl glory possible! Why? Because I will pay money to see home videos of you lying your belly playing My Little Pony or whatever the equivalent is in 2-3 years time (probably 2, she's advanced!). If she wants you to give the ponies funny voices, I don't know if I will be able to contain my glee. R and I can work out an arrangement to get me the video. Mrs. offmylawn and I are so happy for you. The offmylawn progeny and I already have running joke where we point at our palms and say in low but audible voices, "Look at that guy. He doesn't know how to hold a baby!"
posted by offmylawn at 10:20 AM on December 21, 2005

I was right about to josh the person talking about Emerson's death and eventual meta ".", then I realized the poster was her father. I will donate $1 towards her metafilter new member subscription with hopes that she develops into a good ole' metafilter right winger.
posted by guruguy9 at 10:32 AM on December 21, 2005