Thanks, Kat! At the rate I'm going I feel like I'm still going to be introducing new foods when she starts high school.

For both of our kids, by a couple of months into solids with no problems, we figured we could stop being so cautious, and we started giving them new foods without waiting days in between. I wouldn't worry about introducing different kinds of beans.

Man, Ken Hitchcock should reconsider this tactic of dipping his goalie in butter during the first intermission.

Kate said what I said better. I didn't worry about introducing each new food. There are a small number of foods that cause the most allergic reactions milk, eggs, tree nuts, soy, seafood, corn, wheat, berries... And if you've been breastfeeding and eating like a normal person, you probably have had some of these. If you have been using formula, she's already had corn. So I'd watch for allergies from these as well as any foods you are reactive to.

So, my family ran a 5K today. We ran with two of my coworkers, one of which is Noah's teacher and the other could easily be his teacher for 4th and 5th. After the first mile, they left me behind and he ran with Io, the 4th/5th teacher. It's really cool to experience my school in a totally different way.

(Me: Bursts into thread singing IIIIIIII FOUND IT! to the tune of the Hallelujah Chrous)

What did I find? The title to the car the got wrecked! Now I can send it to the insurance co, get the check and finish up this whole mess!

Randomly, I hate that so much of the language around freedom and civil liberties has been, in the United States, so tangled up in the Libertarian messaging (by design) that I keep seeing all fictional discussion about them dismissed as Libertarian messaging by fellow progressives.

Finally got my casserole baked and tasted - did not have time before Tai Chi yesterday. needs more liquid (or less matzo) but the concept is sound and the three servings I have of this batch will do fine for breakfasts even if I don't see if they can soak up some more cream or whatever.

Discovered yesterday that my parents' favorite hardware store is going out of business, the owner is retiring, which meant I spent rather longer than I meant to wandering amongst the shelves and deciding what I should and should not buy at the steep discounts they are now offering (e.g.: meat grinder that I have been kinda thinking about for a while, yes; under cabinet lighting that I would not be able to install until several other projects are completed, no) which in turn meant I did not get much done around the house yesterday, so I should really get with the program today, but I am getting a slow start.

Tangentially, some day I will presumably be able to listen to Nothing Compares 2 U without crying but yesterday was not that day. The dangers of listening to the radio instead of podcasts while driving.

I'm getting choked up every time I hear or play (There'll Never B) Another Like Me.

When you live in times where you check Twitter to decide which target to go to. Because candidates and Clintons and Sanders and protest marches traffic. Because Baltimore.