Dear friends and family: thanks to your generosity, Madelyn is the proud owner of 3,291,749 toys. She has enough clothes to last even the coldest winter. And books! Madelyn has books.
So, it’s time to play “zero time” with these things; if one comes in, one goes out. (You’d think this wouldn’t be a problem for [...]
Madelyn might keep us up at night, and she sure likes to get up early. But she has learned how to kiss her daddy on the cheek. After which she sometimes giggles.
Now, didn’t I say I love this girl? Sleep is overrated, at least when compared to baby kisses.
My parents wrapped up a visit earlier this week. My father loves to paint, which clicked nicely with our current Big Renovation Project, which is getting the 600sf room in the front of our house in shape. (More photos.) The day before my folks left, he and Erin put up the final coat of paint. [...]
Today is the first day of classes. For the last week I’ve woken up at 5:50am, alarm clock or not. I’m still a bit of legwork away from being prepared for classes, and my first are at 11:00am, so I gotta keep this short. But I have to say I’m looking forward to a section [...]
I meant to do this before the break, but better late than never. I just pitched in $77.77, which is about 1% of Joe’s goal (given a currency conversion). Joe’s asking for support for about four months. My guess is he’ll get done more in that time than most humans do in a year.
I’m most [...]
Ice cometh. The weather promises to get worse over the next 48 hours, with more ice and snow on the way.
Time to make soup! We’ve got a couple chicken carcasses in the freezer and enough vegetables to go with. My recipe for chicken soup has always been simple:
1 or more chicken carcasses
Whatever vegetables are handy
Make [...]
Florida 41
Ohio State 14
Chomped ‘em on the grid and on the hardwood! For the second time this year, Florida dominates Ohio State–and this time the Gators take home a national championship. For me, tonight’s game was summarized by Jarvis Moss’s sack of Troy Smith late in the third quarter: untouched, Moss came around the right [...]
I’ve reached the time in winter break when I think, “Jeez, where did the time go?” The temptation, of course, is for panic to set in: will I get my spring syllabi done? the double bill of essay revisions? the long runs? the editing for our collection? the T&P portfolio? the work on the house?
Of [...]
Ever tasteful, the Thunderbird mail spellcheck suggests “extrapolate” for “crapola.” I agree; wouldn’t we all love to replace extrapolation for crapola–with but a keystroke!
Regardless, this suggests a new silly word to replace “complexificate,” which I’ve worn out.
Madelyn is a busy girl. Very busy. So busy that sleep seems optional for her.
“Normal” babies are supposed to sleep 14 hours a day at Madelyn’s age. Ha! It’s a struggle to get the bee to sleep before 9:00pm, and if we do, she’s up at 5:00am, ready to play. Here are two [...]