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Derek Thompson - Derek Thompson is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees business coverage for the website.
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He is a visiting research fellow at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget at the New America Foundation. Derek has also written for Slate, BusinessWeek, and the Daily Beast. He has appeared as a guest on radio and television networks, including NPR, the BBC, CNBC, and MSNBC.

Nine Months After Snowpocalypse, It's ... Babypocalypse!

By Derek Thompson
Aug 3 2010, 3:55 PM ET Comment

So, it's about eight months since the historic snowstorms of December and February and all these babies are scheduled for September. Funny, how that happened. This is the best thing climate change has done since making Moroccan wines drinkable.

Outside, the white December snow piled higher. Relentlessly higher. Inside a Laurel home, a woman watched "Dexter" reruns while her boyfriend played "Batman: Arkham Asylum." They grew restless. They looked at each other.

And then they -- well, you know.

Yes, the Washington Post just yadda yadda'd over it.

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