My friend Paul, this blog’s Official Middle East Correspondent, and his wife, Helen, just had a baby, which they (well, he) announced to the world via the new tradition of changing his Facebook status message. Paul, Helen, and baby Ray are all healthy and unironically happy, so congratulations to the whole family.
And on that note, I’m declaring this a Happy News Open Thread. Leave a comment saying something positive.
(Yeah, I know, this is lazy blogging. But really, every other topic-of-the-moment just makes me grumpy, and there’s no real reason why I should be in a bad mood, let alone inflict a bad mood on all of you.)