The Volokh Conspiracy
[Sasha Volokh, August 18, 2008 at 10:03am] Trackbacks
Charles Isaac Volokh,

"Charlie" or "104" for short, born 8/12/08 at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. For those of you who follow the stats, he weighed 9.5 lobsters at birth and was 21.5 inches long. (Bonus points if you can figure out why he's 104. [UPDATE: The answer is in the fourth comment to this post, so if you want to figure it out yourself, try to do so before reading the comments.] Once you've figured that out, it is also a Useful Fact that 8 × 12 + 08 = 104. Unrelatedly, 8 + 12 + 08 is a perfect number.)

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Hanah Volokh (mail) (www):
Also, if you record his cries and then play them backwards, there's a secret message that reveals the true meaning of the Dormant Commerce Clause.
8.18.2008 11:16am
Sasha Volokh (mail) (www):
Mmmm, that's probably because of all those DCC cases related to milk.
8.18.2008 11:17am
GMUSL '07 Alum (mail):
Sasha and Hanah -- mazel tov to you both and to your families!
8.18.2008 11:21am
Nick Beat:
C.I.V. = 104. Cute!
8.18.2008 11:25am
martinned (mail) (www):
Sigh, that explanation for 104 is much too simple for me to have ever figured it out.

Regardless: Congratulations!
8.18.2008 11:32am
vassil petrov (mail):
Congratulations, Sasha.
He's very cute.

My cat gave birth today too, so I have new kittens more.
One day I'll have human babies and will see what the joy really is.
8.18.2008 11:56am
Bruce:
Congratulations Sasha! But I'm wondering: did you pick his name based in part on whether his initials would make a valid roman numeral?
8.18.2008 12:19pm
Fub:
Congratulations!

But employing him so young to weigh lobsters -- are there maritime exceptions to child labor laws for that, or what?
8.18.2008 12:33pm
Prosecutorial Indiscretion:
Congratulations Sasha!
8.18.2008 12:45pm
RAFIV (mail):
Congratulations!! I wish you and your family nothing but the best!
8.18.2008 12:59pm
guest (mail):
Mazel tov!
8.18.2008 12:59pm
Suzy (mail):
What an adorable baby! Beautiful.
8.18.2008 1:03pm
Bill Dyer (mail) (www):
Congratulations to all concerned!
8.18.2008 1:07pm
chsw (mail):
Congratulations. May he grow strong in both body and mind.
8.18.2008 1:36pm
Houstonian:
Nice to meet the newest Houstonian! Congrats.
8.18.2008 1:58pm
UW2L:
Welcome to the world, kid, and I hope your mom picked your middle name.
8.18.2008 2:26pm
LM (mail):
Mazel tov.
8.18.2008 2:41pm
Barbara Skolaut (mail):
Awwwwww - he's so cuuuuuuuuute.

Congrats to you both.

So when's he going to start blogging? Was he born with a silver spoon in his mouth silver mouse in his hand? ;-p
8.18.2008 2:53pm
Opher Banarie (mail) (www):
Mazal Tov to both of you...now you need to start a piano lessons fund!
8.18.2008 3:05pm
Vic (www):
Charles Volokh: has a wonderful ring to it. Dare we say it, Presidential.

Congrats! :)

Cheers,
Victoria
8.18.2008 3:31pm
A Law Dawg:
I for one welcome our (very!) new conspirator overlord.
8.18.2008 3:59pm
Phil17 (mail):
Congratulations!!!

I look forward to the day he applies for a job with his impressive resume - or, as he can call it, the CIV CV
8.18.2008 4:11pm
Dave D. (mail):
..The most successful of conspiracies...has emerged !
8.18.2008 4:45pm
Mocha Java (mail):
This week's Marilyn Vos Savant column points out that August is the most popular (common) birth month and Tuesday the most popular birth day.
ps My daughter gave birth to a boy the previous Tuesday, also 9+ lbs. As my mother said, "I don't know where she put it!"
8.18.2008 4:49pm
Tony Tutins (mail):
Congratulations!

I'm curious who Charles is named for.

Phil17: I'm sure CIV will be a real PRO.
8.18.2008 4:52pm
Abandon:
Congratulations! Eh! (from Canada)
8.18.2008 5:00pm
Sasha Volokh (mail) (www):
UW2L: I don't understand why you hope Hanah picked the middle name.
8.18.2008 5:12pm
Dave N (mail):
C.I.V.--what a wonderful brain teaser (the secret is to not overthink them, though I usually do). In any event, may your baby bring you nothing but happiness--and may you bring nothing but happiness to your baby.
8.18.2008 5:25pm
Bleepless (mail):
So it doesn't have anything to do with sto chetyre. Rats! And I thought I was being so clever and oblique.
8.18.2008 6:45pm
Sasha Volokh (mail) (www):
Bleepless: Do you mean 104 the Russian rock group? Or is there some association of Russian 104 that I'm missing?
8.18.2008 7:24pm
byomtov (mail):
Mazel tov, Sasha.
8.18.2008 8:28pm
Yankev (mail):
Mazal tov to the entire family. Who was the English (American?) clergyman who said it was worth years of Hebrew study to understand Ps. CIV in the original?
8.18.2008 8:37pm
DG:
Mazel Tov!
8.18.2008 8:41pm
Sasha Volokh (mail) (www):
Yankev: Apparently Philip Birnbaum.
8.18.2008 8:52pm
volokh groupie:
Why does he look like he's about to bang a gavel? :)
8.18.2008 11:12pm
Mac (mail):
He's adorable!

So, Gramps, about that 529 for college,,,,,,
8.19.2008 12:12am
Visitor Again:
Congratulations, Sasha and Hanah. May your son have a long life full of happiness and may he do great things along the way.
8.19.2008 2:03am
Cornellian (mail):
So when do you expect him to create his first blog post?

I'd suggest the topic "Babies and the Ninth Amendment: How can I have ceded all my rights to the government when I just got here and haven't said a word?"
8.19.2008 3:31am
Yankev (mail):
Sasha, I'll have to check my Birnbaum. I seem to recall he was quoting someone. But seeing a new born (and esp. one this good looking, b'li ayin hora) definitely inspires quoting ""Ma rabu ma'asecha Hashem." (How great are Your works, G-d.)

May you be privileged to raise him to Torah, to chupah and good deeds, and to bring him into the covenant of Avraham Avinu in its time.
8.19.2008 10:57am
Hoosier:
May you be privileged to raise him to Torah, to chupah and good deeds, and to bring him into the covenant of Avraham Avinu in its time.

. . . and, if there's time left over, to teach him to throw a splitter.
8.19.2008 11:32am
Gregory Conen (mail):
Congratulations, Sasha.

Good luck on the hardest and most important trial of your life.
8.19.2008 11:55am
Yankev (mail):

and, if there's time left over, to teach him to throw a splitter.
Never learned to throw one myself, but recommend teaching this sometime after bringing him into the covenant and before bringing him to chupah (marriage canopy). Teaching him to swim and a good system of unarmed self-defense aren't bad ideas either.
8.19.2008 12:59pm
Sasha Volokh (mail) (www):
Yankev: Sorry to disappoint you, won't be raising him to Torah. But I have no objection to the "good deeds" part as such.
8.19.2008 1:04pm
Sasha Volokh (mail) (www):
Hoosier: Sorry to disappoint you too, but while I'm sure throwing a splitter is great, he won't be learning it from me.
8.19.2008 1:10pm
Hoosier:
Sasha: Alas, no dad is perfect. (Ask my kids. They'll confirm this.)

Congratulations. It's not actually the Peace Corps that's "The Hardest Job You'll Ever Love."
8.19.2008 6:05pm
Seerak (mail):
C.I.V. = C4

uh-oh...

(congratulations Sasha!)
8.19.2008 7:27pm
Xrayspec:
IS HE CLERKING FOR ALITO NEXT YEAR?
8.21.2008 9:40pm

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