- Michael M.: Too much going on. Life in flux, etc..
- Sunshine: Wow, I was soooo happy to see a new post in my rss reader. I was hopping this is already the comeback! :(...
- gandalf: Did you only get caffeine through Dr.p or did you drink coffee as well? I’m interested, since...
- neeka: nine kilos… wow… :) happy holidays to you, michael, and to all your loved ones! veronica
- m: It was a bargain. No strings attached.
Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Maribor, Slovenia.
Portoroz, Slovenia.
• AlienMelon
• Burger.si
• Heck
• Izklop
• si.blogs
• Sloblogi
• Blogorola
• Natalija Verboten
Red candles light up Slovenian cemetaries on November 1st.
Today is All Soul’s Day, or as Slovenes commonly call it (thanks to the communists) dan mrtvih, or "day of the dead." (Officially it’s actually Dan spomina na mrtve, or "Day to Remember the Dead.") Some people don’t care for it, and others spend it gorging on discount candy in America, but it’s still enormously popular here.
I’ve
always liked it, actually. I suppose there’s something about cemetaries
lighting up that’s very life-affirming. Or maybe it just looks neat-o.
Either way, it’s one of my favorite holidays.
And in keeping with
the circle of life: Yesterday, my wife gave birth to a healthy son. Let
it never be said that I’m not doing my part in fighting Slovenia’s existential crisis.
He was born shortly after midnight, after a very quick and very painful
delivery. Despite having a secondary role in the whole thing, I’m still
quite exhausted, and bracing myself for the long sleepless nights
ahead. But inside I’m positively glowing. Radiating, in fact.
If there are some interruptions in service ahead, you’ll know the reason!
Comments
Comments for this post are closed.
Congrats daddy-o! And my regards to the mysterious Mrs. Manske.The
best time to go to the cemetery on Nov 1st is late in the evening, when
it is dark and quiet and you can see the glow of all the candles. No
traffic then either, which is great, since that is the biggest pain in
a butt about this holiday. As for me, you are correct. I will be stuffing the candy - in my belly!
Congratulations!
Congratulations to the whole family! Wonderful news.
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!! and the best wishes for you and your wife
Great news, Mike! Congratulations!!!
Hey, congratulations!!
Congratulations!!! All the best to you, Katarina and the two little Manskes. I wish the baby will have long sleeping nights.
Hey! That’s great news! =) Congratulations to your wife and you, of course.
congratulations mike. have a nice holidays =)
Congrats!
Wow. Congratulations.
Well, congratulations to you! My advice: if you dont have one, get an electric hair dryer. Nothing like a little warm air on the belly to calm a crying creature. Putting them on top of the washer also works nicely.
Good to hear everything went well! Congratulations and all the best for
the four of you! Raise him well - Sanna is waiting for him (in India
right now - holy cow.)
COngratulations to your wife and to you, Michael. Welcome to the "Land of the Walking Sleepers".
Congratulations from me as well
Congratulations
Very life- affirming indeed. Congratulations to you and your wife, Michael!
Speaking of Goldmember, the little one is jaundiced, so his triumphant homecoming has been delayed for a bit. It was actually expected, since our first child had it.I’m already looking forward to my fatherhood leave, although I’ll probably be taking it in mid-November. We’ll see.Thanks to everyone for the well-wishes!
Congrats Michael. Thank you for helping Slovenia.
Congrats, man! Good to hear it went okay. Heh, hope you can have at least some sleep in the turbulent nights ahead.
Wooo! Čestitam! You da man! (well, actually, your wife da woman)
Congratulations !!!!
Congratulations to you and your wife! And welcome to the "two kids club"! How is your Nr.1 taking it?
Congratulations! That is one sweet Halloween Treat indeed!
Many thanks again, everyone.The daughter is taking it pretty well so far. We used the tried-and-tested "look at the new toy your brother got you!" technique, which works miracles. We’ll see how it goes when he gets home.Heck, I like that "sweet Halloween treat" comment. I might have to steal it.
Yeeey and hooray!
Congratulations. :DAfter the 5th you’ll get a nice little ribbon from the president as a thank you for doing your part in saving the nation.
I am bit late…didn’t have any connection to the www for a while. Well best wishes to Mike from the crew at Drinkers! SInce you won’t sleep for a while now, we’ll give you a call to come for a few drinks when we’re around!
Congradulations!!!, my son shares a birthday with your son!
Congratulations!!
Congratulations and welcome to your new son!! Glad it all went smoothly.