She’s having a baby

Congrats! Got any names in the pipeline yet?

Congratulation Max, I'm sure you will be a good father. Enjoy the peace and quiet while you have it.

congratulations!

shes gonna be named jennifer? or hes gonna be named hack, right?
i mean if youre gonna forsake your kid to a life of cliches theres the place to start!

Congratulations!

Congrats Max!

I feel you should write more newspost or comments about the baby so that we can trick you in using a male/female third-person singular pronoun and find out the gender.

Or create a "when is the baby going to pop out? time/date" competition for a signed version of one of your books!

Awesome news. Congratulations!
I'm really curious to know what he/she's going to be called ... if your books are anything to go by, you seem really imaginative with names. I'm expecting nothing less than Cindy Cindy, Scat, 6, @, Babelicous or Hack Nike.
Also, your wife's really pretty, so this should be a very foxy and talented kid (even if it does end up with a majorly quirky name) ;)
And I think we should try and guess the baby's sex ... I guess its a girl. There could be a prize for whoever guesses correctly ... like, a signed copy of Company... If I win this I'd totally baby-sit for you next time I'm in Australia.

Congratulations to you both!

I was lucky enough to meet your dear wife at a 101st gathering in Townsville last year and this is indeed a surprise. I guess it explains why I haven't seen her online for a while, and guess I won't once the baby's born either.

My best wishes to the mum-to-be!! Please keep us updated!

All the best,
Mel (from GA)

That's wonderful news, congratulations!

Congrats on the great news for both of you! It sounds like it's going to be a landmark couple of months for you with the arrival of the new baby and the release of Company next year...

Congratulations!

Go Max!!

Congratulations!

That is wonderful news! Congradulations... DAD!!

There's nothing that even comes close to parenthood. No job, not even writing a clever novel, comes close.

Nothing I've done has made me grow as a person and rewarded me so much, anyway. Plus, and I hate to make a Dr. Laura allusion, but the lady nailed it when she had a caller trying to decide between kiddos and a career: a career won't come to Thanksgiving dinner.

I know, that's not an Australian holiday, but surely you have an equivalent.

And yes, I'm aware that in most cases a career won't call you at 3:00 a.m. for bail money...

Trying to think of an original way to say congrats, but as I'm no writer I'll stick to CONGRATULATIONS!
Enjoy your last few months of peace.

As a 2.5 month old first time father of a daughter I can absolutely share your complete joy and astonishment at the process you are about to go through.

Remember, whatever the doctors say, childbirth is _NATURAL_ and whilst parts of the process seem to be hurting your dearly beloved, they aren't actually doing her any damage...

Sincere congratualations to you and your wife, and good wishes for a safe and healthy arrival of 'it'. May love abound in your soon to be family...

Congrats Max!

Beautiful wife, bun in the oven, and you write for a living. Wanna trade?

Congrats Max!

Name him Andrew :D...!

booyah dude.

Congrats! Max(x?) Jr.? ;) heh

Congratulations! I must say that I think it is very smart indeed to keep your babies sex a secret. If I may add a suggestion (speaking from experience of course)I would keep your ideas on baby names a secret as well. It is so devestating to finally get to the end of the 25,000 baby names, finally have narrowed it down to only one that you both love, and to have the soon to be Grandma wrinkle her nose and say "No way are you naming him/her that!" Trust me, if you tell them the name after the birth, they will have to pretend that they like it. Or else you can threaten to include their disgust, in ink, in the baby's book.
One more idea...you should consider opening a P.O.Box that all of your adoring fans could send baby gifts to. It's not greedy, and you will probably get tons of free stuff.
Congrats again!

That's awesome, congrats!
I had a crazy dream last night about a new born baby girl named Jaquline... hmm...

Look at that low member number, also--congratulations.

Well... I think we all should sing "Happy Birthday" for the baby! I mean, havn't you ever celebrated someones birthday in advande? And this will be the babys ACTUAL birthday. Think about it. It's true! I'll start singin' and then you guys can join in at home.

Happy Birthday to yooou! *really singing out loud*
Happy Birthday to Yooouu! *still singing but not so loud anymore since the people at the office are giving strange glances*
Happy Birthday Deeear, ummm..., BAAABYY *opera voice not impressing boss*
happy birthday to you. *really quiet this time, almost whispering, boss moving awaaa...aaa...Y*
HAPPY BIIIIIRTHDAAAAY TOOOOOOOOOIIIIIII YOOOOOOOOUUU!!! *security guys coming running, hiiiide, plan to blame it on Liz*


So there it is, Liz got fired and I'm still happy after the song. It works out for all of us! Come on and join the singin'

Hooray for babies?

Congrats Max. Watch out... they bite..

My wife is also having a baby about the same week. The due date is Sept 5, but she'll need a c-section, so we schedule it about a week before. We're having a girl (ultrasound lady said 90% probability), which is good because we already have a son. Now we'll have a matching set. So congrats, and good luck! It's a pain in the ass, but it's the coolest thing in the world.

Congrats Max!

Fri. 20 May, 2005

YOU DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND GOSSIP.

First of all, I would like to congratulate max on his wife being pregnant. I would also like to congratulate him for being an able bodied man. I have heard rumors that it is a boy. I also heard that max was going to name it after himself, Max Jr. I have very good sources, but I cannot give you any of them for they are so secret that I do not even know their names.

In my own personal life, many adventures await as I move into a new stage of my schooling career, summer vacation. Summer vacation is not an interesting enough topic to write about so I will try something esle.

Pandas. What do we know about pandas? They are very cute bears that would probably kill you if you tried to pet them. We also know that they are dying because boy pandas don't have very good dating techniques. That is why I feel that I am somewhat like a panda....that was boringly educational...


Until next time...

I will never stop blogging...no matter how annoying it actually is to all you who waste your time reading this...

Adam

THIS JUST IN!!!!


Rachael just gave Joey half of her gum...FROM HER MOUTH!!!

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG.....OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!
POS, don't type anything........

OMG OMG OMG OMG...

Adam

here's a good name if it's a boy

Sneaky Skeet
=)


and congrats!

Eeeee! Congratulations! That's wonderful news!

It's just as well, because I'd like suspense. Can't wait to find out! ;-)

Peace, mate,

-Em

mazel tov, both of you :-)

Congratulations!!

I hope you don't name the kid after one of your characters.

If you're Comprehensive Guide to Child Rearing and Wife Accomodating is as good as your help for writers, the world will benefit. Congratulations, Max.

Congratulations! Another cutie coming into this corrupted world! I'm sure you're going to be a great daddy!

Oh, man. I'm trying to come up with an entertaining mail about how I liked JG, and because I take too long, you guys make a baby?!

That's no fair competition.

Congratulations. :-P

Congratulations! (Trying to sound as new and special as the first one here...)

I agree with whosoever said that you should keep names secret as well. You'll have all and sundry saying they have a better one, whilst thinking up all the nasty nicknames possible from your suggestions.

Congratulations! Enjoy your last few months of peace, for although parenthood is a fantastic time, things will never be the same.

My daughter Samantha (16 1/2 months) said Yak when I told her you were going to be a father. Ah well, that's toddlers for you ;)

Gratulerer. Håper barnet blir en glede for dere begge.

(translated from Norwegian)

Congratulations. I hope that the baby will be a joy and pleasure for the both of you.


Lots and lots of best wishes from a Norwegian NSer

Herzlichen Glückwunsch!!!!

My dearest congratulations! I am so glad for you and your wife!

All the best wishes from Germany!

Way to get the job done there little Max ;)

Congratulations, I hope everything goes smoothly and you both enjoy parenthood (because there's no turning back now!)

Woo! Congratulations! Make sure you stock up on sleep, because it'll be in short supply soon.

A few words of wisdom, paraphrased from a British comedy show: "Soon, you shall find that your Significant Other's breasts have ceased to be objects of mystical desire, and have instead become a very effective pair of silencers."

Enjoy every moment, and cherish the young years. They're at once both the scariest, and the most exhilerating, and they shall never come again.

Good luck.

Yet another reply to say - congratulations and good luck to you both :)

Wow, you found a woman to have sex with you?!
I'm shocked. But good for you.

Well, congratulations, Jennifer and Max!

Members who have numbers below 100 should all get t-shirts, and pictures of the baby, AND--we should have a say in his/her name.

So when are you going to put up a web-based poll, with your tops choices for names, so your fans can pick the name of the little bugger? Hehe...

Congratulations and all that!!! Umm, hope everything comes out well...yeah, I don't know what to say, but congrats none the less!!

Congratulations are certainly due you and your lovely wife.

But Max, really! How could it be possible that you didn't notice until half-way through the second trimester?

Or did we just not merit the news until now? Pfft.

Obviously, congratulations are in order. Namely, good job on getting a good-looking wife.

Oh yeah, congrats on the baby thing.

Congratulations and best wishes to both you and your lady wife - that's just awesome. :)

Guarantee you're in for some experiences you'd never dreamed of with the lil one. Maybe not all great, true (I think we could all pass on the diapers bit for one), but somehow, I've found all the amazing little moments they bring with them tend to make all the work and the worry more than worth it.

Like the first time you hold that baby in your arms, or see your little one smile, and the way they seem to just trust you implicitly ... and the best part? It just keeps getting better.

Sure one minute you may wonder what in the world you're going to do with the lil stinkers, but the next, you'll be wondering how you ever got along without the them.

Kids have a funny way of doing that to ya.

A late congrats to you and yours Max. Nick name the kid Cookie and I'll give you $20 US. Are we on?

Congratulations are most definitely in order, Max. If it's a girl, I second the motion you call it Jennifer. Maybe even change your name to Max Government. Or maybe not.

Witnessed a birth before? It 'aint pretty. Best of luck with it, and again, congratulations.

On the one hand, I would remind you to be extra sensitive to your wife needs and take real good care of her. On the other though, I would suggest you enjoy yourself with the time that you have now while you still can.

Well life's hard all around eh mate?
Something almost always gotta give.

CheerS~

Onnittelut sinulle ja vaimollesi!
Ehdotan että annatte lapselle nimen Mats, sillä tavalla kukaan ei pidä sinua egoistisena idioottina vaikka lapsesi nimi on melkein sama kuin sinulla.

Translation from Finnish:

Congratulations to you and your wife!
I suggest you call the kid Mats, that way noone will think you're an egotistical idiot even though your childs name is almost the same as yours.

I was just thinkin' about Company...

I mean, you'll have to finish it completely before the Baby pops out yelling: "MEEEE, MEEEE, I WANT THE ATTENTION DADA!!"

So please finish it before it's to late. And congrats again! ;)

Congratulations, Max :-) Further to other name suggestions, I think you should call the baby [violet] in honour of the enigmatic admin over at NS - we still puzzle over whether (s)he is you or not!

Seriously, hope Jen's pregnancy goes really well, and that you both enjoy being parents!

Congratulations Max.

Congratulations, Max(x)! If the baby is male, you MUST name it Max, Jr. go ahead. don't feel guilty!

Congrats.

Max II sounds good to me. Instant coolness. Or maybe Max 2.0 - but I guess it's been done

Oh, the FUN that awaits you!!!!!!!!
Hahahahahahahahahah!!!!! <Cackle> <Cackle> <Cackle>
speaking as the parent of 3 boys, ages 18, 15, 12.)

Seriously, I imagine that all will be for the best...
Good luck :-)(

I say, congratulations Jen. She's the one going to have to go through and give birth, not Max. But well done Max anyway. Now you've gone and got your hands full. :o)

I guess we won't be seeing Company until 2007 then...

Hey Max,
Just finished reading Jennifer Government. Am now wading through your archives, and trying to get my hands on your other work (harder than I expected, in New Delhi). Hope to get myself up to speed before my employers find out what I do with their internet and my work hours.

Congratulations on the Barry-in-progress.

I do believe you're the only one in the world who responds to the news of impending offspring by writing fiction involving *spoiler ahead* out-of-the-ordinary-and-not-in-a-good-way babies :)

Argh! I can't resist.... Kate if its a girl and Christopher if its a boy!!! (and under no circumstances Dave!)
cheers!

::: wanders away to lurk some more :::