Hi! I'm Josh (AKA Joshua David Lauder). Welcome to my home page.
Having just been born June 23rd, 1995 at 3:29 am, I am not yet developed enough to speak, so I am channeling through one of my parents. Shirley Maclaine was not available.
I was born weighing 6 pounds 15 ounces and measuring 19.25 inches long. This is what I looked like on June 25, 1995.
To hear my first words, click here. To you it may just sound like several, elongated screams, but I was trying to convey, in the only words I know, that I was cold, and preferred going back into the warm womb. (I hear that I will spend quite a lot of my future working on this.) I also didn't like being suctioned or whacked, and the purple cord around my neck wasn't so comfy. And, as long as I was getting plenty of oxygen via that long, purple cord, why should I have to switch now to lung-power?
In what may be an ominous forshadowing of future behavior, my parents have not acceded to all of my demands. They have kept me warm and have stopped whacking me, but I still have to use my lungs. (They'll soon regret that.) There have been some pleasant surprises to life ex-utero, most notably breast feeding.
I am honored to be the youngest member of the Digirati. (But, in case you think I'm the only one, check out Baby Web!) My understanding is that my parents were concerned that I might grow up to be digitally deprived; but, I don't understand their concern in light of my having all five digits on each hand. I think this has something to do with my being able to put all my digits in my mouth at once.
Sincerely,
Josh
P.S. - I look forward to meeting you in person soon.