vw's hair looks great. Emeline: still beautiful. Thanks for the pictures, vw.

I hope Emmett's better this morning.

It's very pretty out today. I should probably take advantage of it, since Saturday's prediction is "High of 32, low of 32, probable wintery mix." Wintery mix always sounds to me like some kind of snack food, rather than a disgusting mix of assorted frozen precipitation.

And to temporarily make it all about mememe, I finally understand a little why people get so nostalgic about how fast babies grow. Because I look at Emeline and think, "Aw, that's such a great age! Her legs still do that little froggie-looking thing! It's nice when they're still all sweet and compact like that." Which is not to say that almost 10-month-old babies aren't perfectly delightful--they are. Annabel gets more talented and beautiful every day AFAICT, and she's definitely showing more of her personality and individuality. But it all goes by so fast, and at least once a day I'm amazed by how very much she's changed in less than a year.

I just saw some ADORABLE pictures of my niece and nephew. My sister sent an ophoto link, totally made my day.

Erin now (almost 3 months)looks JUST like my sister. And Sean (2.5 years)- he's totaly a child model, the way he works the camera, with his Blue Steel gaze, and his beautiful smile on command.

P-C, man, you have a great smile!

Aw, thanks.

vw, you look lovely.

She did.

I'm going to transcribe an interview! I'm so journalistic. Except I suck, cause I should have pointed the damn microphone directly at him rather than leaving it upright between us. I can hear my own stupid voice clearly, but his is harder to make out.

Pretty pictures of pretty people. I am so jealous of everyone who gets to meet Emma.

Learning experience, P-C. You won't do that again, will you?

Wonderful photos, vw! Isn't Emaline a cutie?

Learning experience, P-C. You won't do that again, will you?

Nope. It's not that bad, now that I listen to it in the quiet of my own room rather than on the bus. But another thing I won't do is try to transcribe in real-time. Stop-start makes it much easier. This is going to take a while, though.

But another thing I won't do is try to transcribe in real-time. Stop-start makes it much easier. This is going to take a while, though.

If your tape recorder supports it, I recommend getting a foot pedal to turn on and off the pause feature....

Good luck transcribing, P-C. I hate transcribing and working from tapes, which is why I just take notes. I know some people love tape recorders -- for me, the time and bother of listening and transcribing outweighs the accuracy advantage. The only exception might be straight Q&As, but I've only doone a few of those.

Am I the only one who spent half an hour trying to decide if my face is symmetrical, and playing with photos of myself in Photoshop to determine which is my good side, after reading the conversation upthread? (Conclusion: Not quite symmetrical, right side is my better side, left side doubled looks weirdly like my brother.)

No, but now I'm going to.