One of the nice things about living with a toddler is that a toddler typically comes with its own home security alarm. For example, it is next to impossible to walk through the first floor of our house without setting off some toddler related toy that makes a lot of noise.

Fuck.

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So, the KC & the Sunshine Band song "Brick-house" was playing on the car radio. A few minutes after the song ended, I randomly said: "she's a brick . . . " That is as far as I got, because the word "house" (complete with the right attitude, if you know the song) enthusiastically came from the back of the car, right from the mouth of Charlotte, ( Read more... )

A toddler with a cold surrounded by all living grandparents is a tyrant from hell.

A fun little article ( Read more... )

Any moment now, I will kick over into existentialist laughter mode at the absurdity of my universe. Until then, this day will continue its best to cram me into my own asshole. At least the temperature in my office seems to be okay now -- for the last two days, it was getting up to the high 80's. I am sure now it will drop into the low 40's ( Read more... )

I just learned that someone whose online journal I have been reading (in another forum) has no friends and has no desire to ever have friends ( Read more... )

This morning's sunrise, if it can be called that, consisted of it becomming a bit less dark outside.

But it is friday, and this weekend already feels like a warm bath robe.

(as also posted elsewhere)

Time for long underwear.

One of the things I enjoy about winter in Chicago: venturing out of the house becomes a survival story -- a contest of man againt nature. To go a step futher, to achieve comfort in the face of brutal cold -- that feels like victory.

Also, the harsh cold outside makes the warmth inside delicious