Wow

British doctors are calling for safety labels on avacodos, because of the danger of cutting your hand when slicing them. Sigh. This, from the people who once held off Hitler.

The Removal of Confederate Statues

I have mixed thoughts on this. The South should never have been allowed to venerate traitors after the war. But they did. And 150 years later the statues aren't being removed to correct that error, but to protest the ethical beliefs of a dead generation. That's an awfully slippery slope to start down.

Howboutthat?

Custard climbed up on my lap again! Twice in two years. Howboutthat?

The Firing of James Comey

Comey angered the Right by letting HRC off the hook; he angered the Left by his stunt before the election. He angered everyone else by misleading Congress and refusing to admit his mistakes. Why his firing is a surprise, much less labeled the act of a despot, is beyond my level of understanding, unless partisan hate now demands you protect this incompetent bureaucrat.

Grillin' Out

Twas nothing fancy, and it was too cold to justify dragging the grill out, but I did anyway and cooked up dinner.

A gift GC gave to LK for her recital

I just got back from a brisk 45 minute walk with Smiley

I just finished a ten question, three and a half hour tax exam. I had never, in my life, dreaded a test more, but it wasn't quite as horrible as I feared. The curve may be helped by the fact that it was the last class for many graduates, and no less than four told me they did just enough to pass and no more. As for my own grade, I'll take what I get, as long as I pass. C's get degrees too.

Some Post-Recital Pics

Some post recital pics (I went to the first matinee, Lisa went to the evening show). That's LK's friend Aly in one pic; in another, OJ holds a kid from a babysitting job she just landed at the show, and lastly I treated both girls to dinner at Subway.

I just turned on the tv and by chance NASCAR was on from Talledega. A driver is trapped (but ok) in his overturned car. The 16 car! accident footage is wicked. "Like Matchbox cars in a dryer!"

LOL

Lisa told Junie to throw out this Barbie we found after a winter buried below the trampoline. "No, I think she's pretty. She's Reality Barbie" LK said. "Yeah, if your reality is meth," said Lisa.

Intermission

Intermission of the dance recital - at Pius XI High School