DCist: Fenty Family Releases First Photo of Baby Aerin

Deep

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:13:34 -0500

Yes! Imgoph loves me.. this I know cause his blogsite tells me so yes Imgoph loves me yes Imgoph loves me yes Imgoph loves me cause his blogsite tells me so. I'm a gopher and I'm Ok I think I'm smart and I work all day He's a gopher and he's OK He thinks He's smart and he blogs all day

Deep

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:59:32 -0500

econosize: it seems to me like deep and fredterp both have something akin to high-functioning autism au....aut...autis.....autism... Autie Murphy ....Auntie Mame...oh..tard... You're calling us tards...Pop Tards. Why yes, and we are delicious with coffee and ice cream. Are you some kind of moderator? Like frying eggs on the radiator? See you later alligator.

Over the River

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:00:04 -0500

The Curious Case of Aerin Alexandra Fenty.

downtown rez

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:11:12 -0500

"Does the mayor have nailpolish on his left index finger?" No. It's an injury.

IMGoph

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:06:36 -0500

econosize: it seems to me like deep and fredterp both have something akin to high-functioning autism.

jkselman

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:51:58 -0500

"No one has mentioned how hot Mrs. Mayor is?" Uhh...how about Mr. Mayor himself? And when his sons grow into those teeth/baby grows into that face-of-a-20-year-old... its a good looking fam.

Deep

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:18:29 -0500

SARCASM may be the lowest form of wit, but scientists are using it to diagnose dementia. Researchers at the University of New South Wales found that patients under the age of 65 suffering from frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the second most common form of dementia, cannot detect when someone is being sarcastic. The study, described by its authors as groundbreaking, helps explain why patients with the condition behave the way they do and why, for example, they are unable to pick up their caregivers' moods. "This is significant because if care-givers are angry, sad or depressed, the patient won't pick this up. It is often very upsetting for family members," said John Hodges, the senior author of the paper published in Brain. ''(FTD) patients present changes in personality and behaviour. They find it difficult to interact with people, they don't pick up on social cues, they lack empathy, they make bad judgements,'' he said. "People with FTD become very gullible and they often part with large amounts of money," he said, adding that one in 4000 people around the world are afflicted with the condition. Researchers began studying the role of sarcasm in detecting FTD because it requires a patient to spot discrepancies between a person's words and the tone of their voice, Mr Hodges said. "One of the things about FTD patients is that they don't detect humour - they are very bad at double meaning and a lot of humour (other than sarcasm) is based on double meaning," he said. The research, conducted in 2006-07, put 26 sufferers of FTD and 19 Alzheimer's patients through a test in which actors acted out different scenarios using exactly the same words. While in one scenario, the actors would deliver the lines sincerely, in others they would introduce a thick layer of sarcasm. Patients were then asked if they got the joke, Hodges said. For example, if a couple were discussing a weekend away and the wife suggested bringing her mother, the husband might say: "Well, that's great, you know how much I like your mother, that will really make it a great weekend." When the same words were delivered sarcastically and then in a neutral tone, the joke was lost on FTD patients, while the Alzheimer's patients got it. "The patients with FTD are very literal and they take what is being said as genuine and sincere," Mr Hodges said.

Deep

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:14:57 -0500

see, i don't get it, deep. you just throw out these bizzaro comments that don't make sense in context of anything else here. you make far and away the least amount of sense of anyone who comments here. That's because you Earthlings are stupid...stupid. Artichoke!

Deep

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:11:56 -0500

Sense! We don't need no farking senses!

econosize

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:46:10 -0500

It's not a contest, Monkey. That could be painful. Or hilarious. Can you imagine if we combined Deep and FREDTERP? Nonsensical comments with nonsensical sign-offs.

monkeyrotica

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:30:22 -0500

fnord.

IMGoph

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:16:41 -0500

If you look closely you can see me hiding in the closet with my Pee-Wee Herman doll.see, i don't get it, deep. you just throw out these bizzaro comments that don't make sense in context of anything else here. you make far and away the least amount of sense of anyone who comments here.

econosize

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:46:01 -0500

But, meelar, she's a peanut. I was twice that size when I was that age. I probably would've eaten her.

Deep

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:34:33 -0500

If you look closely you can see me hiding in the closet with my Pee-Wee Herman doll.

monkeyrotica

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:17:05 -0500

his boys have teeth after my own heart. Oh, so now the kids are organ-chewing cannibals? Notice the one on the left is stifling the urge to give you all the finger. He's a better man than I, and I'm a monkey.

guest number 10

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:14:10 -0500

Does the mayor have nailpolish on his left index finger?

meelar

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:08:54 -0500

From my mom, via email: "that baby doesn't look like a month old either.....very suspect. Still, who could not love a baby?"

ajw_93

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:02:29 -0500

Toothsome grins, indeed. Attention, Fentys: please get some clothes that fit your children. Also, Aerin sounds like the name of a shoe, not a little girl. Oh, wait... Srsly, a cute family! Congratulations are in order!

ph7

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:59:18 -0500

His boys look like Erkel.

kelly5612

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:57:22 -0500

Hillman, rumor has it the hotness ain't kept that close anymore. Unless you consider the Four Seasons "close."

Deep

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:46:45 -0500

I think Fenty is creating his own Team Venture. Check out the boys wardrobes. They're identical. Go Team Fenty!

Jamie R. Liu

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:40:48 -0500

Fenty has a strained look on his face like... kid... if you obscure daddy one more time while he's getting his glamour shots.

Deep

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:40:24 -0500

It was just confirmed on The Onion that the baby's hair is from Chiapet. Cha cha cha chia!

cactus jack

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:28:02 -0500

That baby has one heck of a head of hair! Based on the haircut and her sullen expression, she would've made a great middle aged insurance adjuster for Halloween.

Hillman

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:27:14 -0500

No one has mentioned how hot Mrs. Mayor is? Fenty must have it going on in the pants, to keep that hotness so close.

welles

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:20:20 -0500

Maybe he should concentrate on the budget gap and trying, once again, to get the company he has personal ties to run the DC lottery, rather than taking photos.

Reid

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:19:47 -0500

Actually, the son on the left with the blazer that's three sizes too small kinda looks like Anthony Williams.

IMGoph

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:14:58 -0500

his boys have teeth after my own heart.

tiffaniechilds

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:10:23 -0500

Is that little baby Benjamin Buttons long lost sister Beatrice?

yonas

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:01:01 -0500

You all are AWFUL! But it'd be a lie if I said I didn't laugh at some of these comments. She's a cutie.

econosize

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:57:34 -0500

I hate to superficially ridicule, but I can't stop looking at the sleeves sticking five inches out of the jacket. That hair is amazing, though. I think kids that look like adults are fricking adorable. Some day I hope to give birth to a baby with prematurely grey hair and I'll dress him in corduroy jackets with elbow patches and give him a pacifer shaped like a pipe.

OldPosterKnownAsCranky

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:53:44 -0500

That baby has one heck of a head of hair!

boondoggle

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:49:03 -0500

If the three Fenty children were each a triathlon event, Aerin would be the swim.

monkeyrotica

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:44:47 -0500

What baby? I can't get past the teeth.

ces12

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:39:07 -0500

they should have playdates with the Obamas!

kelly5612

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:36:34 -0500

Come on, y'all...I dare you to all get out your 3rd grade pictures and tell me who *doesn't* look like awkwardness personified. Enough about Fenty. Now, those boys of his...

Wizzyliz

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:26:10 -0500

How much for the little gurl?

cactus jack

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:22:14 -0500

Where did the kid's neck go? Fenty let the kid get a little too close to uncle Marion. Apparently the neck is the most succulent part of an infant and hizzoner couldn't resist.

McGillicuddy

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:15:07 -0500

was this shot taken with a camera phone?

DE

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:14:32 -0500

2 year old? That baby looks like a shrunken adult. Kinda like the little dancing indian guy from that video...

jen209

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:13:06 -0500

My favorite thing about this is that out of all the photos they undoubtedly took for this family photo shoot, they couldn't find one where either of the boys had normal looks on their faces. Cute and endearing.

Vaughan

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:10:52 -0500

I'm with you RJ. Nice dress. I do believe Aerin might have attended my high school's 1993 senior prom. But congratulations to the Fentys!

hillvada

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:09:33 -0500

Lucy from the Peanuts cartoons called and she wants her dress back.

IMGoph

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:03:02 -0500

there is a picture of fenty with a 'fro on one of the mt. pleasant heritage trail signs, so there's proof that the man could grow it at some point...

RJ

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:00:08 -0500

Wow, gave birth to a 2 year old....mature babies scare me.

loganmo

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:58:56 -0500

Where did the kid's neck go?

monkeyrotica

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:49:49 -0500

Congratulations! Who do they suspect the father is?