Paul,
first of all, mazel tov on the new baby. I hope all are healthy and happy...and some photos when you're ready would turn us all mushy.
But mostly...I really appreciate your taking the trouble and showing the concern to apologize. But let me assure you...ya didn't really has ta do it.
The posts weren't really bad at all; at most maybe a bit cranky. I was more concerned about you than anything else. They are, as you can see here, totally forgotten by now.
And, trust me on this one...if every bone-head post one of us made while stressed or in a bad mood or having "one of those days" or just being a jerk yielded a follow-up apology, no one would be able to hack their way through to the actual real posts anymore. We'd have to buy much bigger server capacity just to handle the apologies. Personally, I'd have to give up sleeping just to get my own apologies up here...
Your apology definitely distinguished you by virtue of sheer class. Otherwise, the slightly misguided posts simply marked you as human.
And best of all, it marked you as One Of Us.
Now stop worrying, enjoy that baby, and keep the posts comin'.