J’s blog

Adoptive parents do more, study says
Despite the fact that the study excluded same-sex parents, I feel good about how we’re raising G!

and I just played the best 9 holes I’ve ever played. Grace came with us, and had plenty of fun of her own.
My favorite improvement? Out of the 5 holes that caused me problems off the tee box, I only lost a ball on two of them — and I only lost one [...]

We went out to see stand-up comedy, spur of the moment. The headliner was Marc Maron.
Interestingly, between the opening act and the headliner were two acts — where there usually is just one.
What made it a once-in-a-lifetime thing? Every act was strong. Honestly, there was no weak material. I’ve never had [...]

We took Grace to the park.  She chose to get dressed in her soccer uniform, and we brought the soccer ball to the park with us.
She spent plenty of time running around, and played much soccer with Daddy Cy as goalie.
Before leaving, she chose plenty of time to climb on the playscape.  Each time I [...]

Something to remember — this is important!
The Zilker Kite Festival is coming on the 4th of March. It’s supposed to be windy and warm today, so I may try to take G out to practice locally.
And just how often do I remember to blog about things that are upcoming? How often do I remember [...]

I am aging, but still under 40.  That’s when I fully expect to go from “nearsighted” to “unable to read a menu in the same time zone”.
I’ve gone from -1.25/-1.5 to -1.5/-1.75, though for contacts, she prescribed both to be -1.5 — in anticipation of my turning 40.  No signs of gloucoma, no astigmatism.  They [...]

So, what have I been up to?
I took the spambait on they.com, and instead of learning each one as it comes in, I now batch them up, and learn the batches once per minute.  I also snag everything that imap users put into their imap spam folder, and add that to the learning batch.  I [...]

These images from the FAA are both beautiful and interesting.

Normally, weekend nights when we are home, we watch PBS Britcoms.
Tonight, PBS Mystery — a Brittish adaptation of Dracula — ran long. Instead of britcoms, we were presented with a half-hour animated musing on lonliness called “A Room Nearby“.
Instead of feeling for these people, I felt smug. They are talking about [...]

We stayed in a hotel in downtown Chicago. This place, which I will not name, was not only non-smoking, but smoker-hostile and smug about it.
So, late in the cold, windy weather, I bundle up and go out front to smoke before I go to bed. Two gentlemen are there already, one smoking, one standing [...]

Grace and I have been busy.

She made snow angels.
We had a snowball fight.
She went sledding.

It is now 14 below. We’re staying warm, watching the game, and eating chili.

We’re in Antigo, WI. It’s -40 with the wind chill. Do I need to point out that it doesn’t matter whether I say that in Fahrenheit or Celcius? If you don’t count the wind, it’s only 15 below (F).
Why am I here? My airline miles from all the travel I did starting [...]