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A classmate from school is over for the afternoon so his mom can take the younger brother to the doctor to look at an ear infection. E’s up into town with Eoin (did I mention we have a second boy now? ) for his 6-week checkup. So today I get my initiation into letting two 5 year-olds play together for about 3 hours. hee hee.

Of course all I can think of is the sheer havoc my cousin Peter and I got into when we played together. At least P doesn’t know about melting sulfur yet…should be fun!

I telecommuted yesterday, an advocation I had I had not undertook for some time. For a portion of this time I left MSNBC playing in the background, the only twenty-four hour news station limited basic cable allows me. The entire hour, or so, I heard: Blå blå blå blå blå Bush. Blå blå blå blå, Bush. Blå de blå, blå blå, Condoleezza. Blå, blå blå blå blå blå, Bush. Blå blå, blå blå blå blå blå, blå Beckham. Blå blå blå blå, Bush. Blå de blå blå, Condoleezza. Bush, blå.

I started wondering, while I struggled getting the Princeton VPN to work, why did Ms. Rice always get des in her blås when Mr. Bush and Mr. Beckham didn’t? Then I pondered what Mr. Beckham had to do with Iraq. Now, after some snooping on the Internet, I just think Mr. Adu is going to kick Mr. Beckham’s ass.

It’s 71°F today. Daffodil and crocus leaves are sticking up. Our chickweed is taking over! A Pennsylvania ski lodge is resorting to polytheism! We ate lunch outside this morning.

Thanks to my Weeds of the Northeast book for helping me identify my Stellaria media.