I had involved D.C. friends expecting babies yesterday (congrats!) — both headed to their respective hospitals early Thursday morning for induction. One’s anxious husband (their first time) e-mailed me “waiting…so far so good!” That was about dawn — baby came around midnight. Okay, fine, that didn’t concern me too much: Dad Mark was checking his e-mail..he didn’t know what else to do without getting in the way. But vet mom Sandy e-mailed me herself after checking into the hospital … her baby came in the wee hours and I have no indication yet she was liveblogging through contractions. But how deep into labor doctors forbid Blackberry use could be a fascinating Friday story (to go along with, say, Susan Konig borrowing a nanny)?

Both the Hemingway and Schulz babies, I suspect, will grow up to appreciate that their births were a Corner topic — which is the real reason for this stray Friday post.