rather than doing the touch up trim work that needs doing, I have spent hours cleaning up years of messy painting over door hardware and plugs. really only got one plug clean and about half another plus half of one know. slow ass work. I just think clean lovely brass doorknobs might be a help with showing this place, rather than ones that are half paint black half brass.

Hec, we really need to arrange a b.org 2.0 F2F for all the kids. It would be such a blast.

Totes!

(The one point where I find myself violently disagreeing with him is that he takes his kids to as many different churches as possible so they can get exposed to different religious ideas. Which is fine if you're an atheist with a Christian background, but not really helpful to anyone trying to raise a family of secular Jews.)

I'll look that up, Jessica. Thanks. I actually did this when I was in high school. I started attending every single religious observance I could find, including Buddist prayer meetings to research for myself.

Boneless Chicken Ranch totally took me to "Best Little Whorehouse" place and made me think "Kind of a waste," so if I have any thought on parenting stuff, you probably don't want them. I have to say, though, the death conversation was one where my dad really did step up. Maybe one out of a million, but I've gotta give him points on it.

On the other hand, I've heard a few stories about kids who were told this and then totally freaked out about going to sleep for weeks afterwards because they were afraid they wouldn't wake up. So I guess it depends on where your kid's mind tends to go with things like that.

I still regress to this when anxiety sets in. Not often, but it does happen.

I've just started watching the exhibition skating. Based on Joannie's performance, I'm assuming some of them change their music last minute. I didn't realize you could do that.

I was going to get up early. But then I went back to bed. And then I woke up and read in bed. I think I'll go to the pool now and pretend some of the million things I did yesterday, I did today.

I've just started watching the exhibition skating. Based on Joannie's performance, I'm assuming some of them change their music last minute. I didn't realize you could do that.

For the exhibition?

Love that Davis and White skated to the bluesy down tempo version of "Billie Jean."

I'm assuming that's David Cook, but again why aren't they saying?

The death conversation makes me laugh remembering how for a long time my niece went around randomly announcing matter-of-factly that "Gramps died." She spent a lot of time in the hospital with us.

For the exhibition?

Yes. I mean, I assume you have to get permission to use the music, so I would think it had to be planned. Of course, I have no doubt that they could have arranged it last minute with Dion, given her story.