Hearty congratulations Carl! How wonderful. Thank you for this.

May your travels to the many lands of Mark strike you how closely and
sharply the places he visited match his descriptions of them.

On Friday, December 5, 2014, Carl J. Chimi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I guess this is slightly off topic, but some of you might be amused by it.
>
> My lovely daughter is pregnant for the first time at 34, due in late July
> of
> 2015.  When we asked her if she had thought of names, she said if it is a
> girl they are thinking of Olivia.  If a boy, Samuel.
>
> Now, I've been a Mark Twain buff for over 50 years, but I'm not aware my
> daughter has anything but a layman's knowledge of him.  She seemed
> surprised
> when I made the connection for her.  Neither name has ever appeared
> anywhere
> in my or her mother's families, as far as I know.  She just likes those
> names.
>
> Perhaps a parent's interests rub off in unexpected ways.  This will be my
> first grandchild and I eagerly await the appearance of little Livy or Sam.
>
> I am retiring in mid-January, after more than 30 years in the classroom as
> a
> professor of computers in business sorts of topics.  I guess I am picking
> the right time.  I'm already making a list of Mark Twain places to visit.
> Maybe someday the little one and I will visit some of them together.
>
> Sorry to be off topic, but my daughter made me very happy in several ways
> when she told us this.
>
> Carl
>