Sleepy thoughts

So Luke was born at 8:24pm on Jan 16th, 2009. 7lbs 10oz and 21" long (Canada as a metric country, hah!): hence the title.

He's a very cute baby, though being a boy he's less predictable on the change table (fear of the fountain keeps me on edge). Being at home all day has gotten me more interested in the news of what's going on outside (also, it's been really cold most days since he's been born), which leads me to the topic of this post (yes, I know having another baby is a big deal, but it's so obvious that it makes it mundane, so really the details on him was to appease the potential reader who might go "that's more worthy of being written about than your child?". My other word for those readers is this: "Shushy").

What really caught my thinking was that in the news these days is a woman from Quebec who lived with a billionaire and wants to up the alimony she receives to $56,000 per month. If the case succeeds, it will present potentially very interesting conversations among people who live together as common-law. What exactly? Well, the case is really about how wealth should be split when people live together as common-law (and maybe have children? I'm not actually sure how the children influence the case). If the rights of married people are given to people who are common-law, I can imagine the awkward discussions this might entail for every couple where one person is very well off on the day before they are officially common-law (I believe that's a year).

"Sorry babe. You gotta move out. My accountant told me this was the best financial policy for retirement. Maybe we can hook back up next week?"

Or can the year be non-consecutive? Is a year really enough time for people to figure out if they really want to be together for the rest of their lives? Maybe they'll need to get to know each other better before they start sleeping together, making them seemingly more responsible? Will someone need to sign a pre-nuptial agreement before every one-night stand, just in case it becomes something later and they want to be common-law without the possibility of losing half of everything?

I almost hope it goes through for that greedy harpy. The best line is "the kids have gotten used to this standard of living". Right. Meaning you have. Oh, you probably should be feeling sorry for her since she's only getting $35,000/month currently. Yup, I guess we should never give up any standard of living once we've achieved it. Didn't Barack Obama say the same thing in his speech? Man, we're a nation of people obsessed with comfort and completely terrified of hardship.
Isn't that the reason why 3 million americans have lost their homes? I'm sure they haven't had to give up any material comfort...oh wait...I guess the message here is that you don't need to change, unless you're the chump who just lost his job at GM.

I'm way too typative right now (I'd say talkative, but I'm not actually speaking). So I'll leave you with this (dubious) gem. I've been writing while making Katrina evening snacks.

Bananas are good
Pizza is a bit messy
Sweet Lord! the grapefruit!