miscellany

A couple of weeks ago, our son turned one year old. My parents came into town for this auspicious occasion, and my in-laws, my sister, and a couple of our good friends were also in attendance. Max ate cake, played with cake, smashed cake, and smeared his face with cake. At one point I laughed so hard I started crying and having a gut ache. That, my friends, is a good thing.

Two strong chins, there...

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I read this in today's New York Times:

"[snip] The Post/ABC survey found for the first time that a slight majority of Americans - 52 percent - believed that the administration had deliberately misled the country before the war. That figure has climbed sharply, up 9 points in three months. [snip]"

52 percent... I guess that makes it a fucking mandate, now, doesn't it?

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More house renovations lately. The electrician never showed last week (ugh), so I'm trying to get that under control. But we're slowly patching and waterproofing the cement walls and floor in the basement, and a couple of carpenters are rebuilding one of the basement starcases (we have two).

Here's a neat shot of the new slider door in the bomb shelter we call a kitchen:


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I scared some people when I walked into my office building the other day. I've been listening to some 80's British cheese metal lately (specifically Iron Maiden), and as I entered the lobby, I sang along with the verse then playing on my iPod: "Satan's wooooorrrrrk is done!!!" It turned a few heads. Heh.