Hi Penelope

There is good news and then there is great news. This is great news: the birth of Penelope Broughton, first child of Chris and Genicia Broughton, two of our favorite people. Chris went to school with The Great PD and has been through some hard knocks, as well as around the world and back again. Until recently he was working in the White House -- remember the photos of various Plotniks and Chris bowling in the Truman Bowling Alley?

It's so nice to see these chubbiest of Broughton cheeks staring back at us from the photo. All the best to you three and love from all of us back home in Shmalifornia.

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Incidentally, this morning Plottie took the J-Church to Powell Street to have his teeth cleaned at 450 Suffer. On the way up Powell he passed a line of people that went all the way up to O'Farrell. Plot couldn't remember where there was a nearby soup kitchen, and anyway these people were dressed too well. Concert tickets? At 8:45am?

At O'Farrell the line turned right and continued towards Stockton Street as far as the eye could see. You've probably already figured this out -- the line turned right on Stockton, headed back to Market and in the front door of the Apple Store. A guy in an Apple t-shirt walked by shouting "People! People! We are sold out of I-Pads! Do NOT wait in line if you don't have a claim check! People!"

Nobody budged -- everyone must have had a claim check. They could have come back later, tomorrow or the next day, but picking up their I-Pad at the precise first opportunity was more important to them than waiting in line for hours.

They could have been home, making more new chubby cheekied babies, but no. They'd rather stand in a line. Wow. Steve Jobs is off the genius charts, isn't he?