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Those were the days...
This photo came up in my Facebook memories this morning:This struck me for a few reasons. First, as I noted when I posted it on Facebook the morning of 13 March 2017, we hadn't gotten any snow for...
View ArticleThe clocks! The clocks!
Most parts of the US and Canada entered daylight saving time overnight, spurring the annual calls for changing the practice:The so-called "Sunshine Protection Act of 2021" was reintroduced Tuesday by...
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What is normal, really?
Well, if you're a climatologist, it's a calculated value based on a 30-year period, updated every 10 years. And the 19991-2020 climate normals for the US will come out this May. Meanwhile, the National...
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Cassie
I seem to have a new addition to my family:The jumping-into-the-front-seat thing will not happen again, however. We're getting a car harness tomorrow.Updates as conditions warrant.
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First 24 hours: she's a keeper
Cassie has had an adventurous and full day: several rides in the car, visits to three—count them—three pet stores, and lots of walks. At our first pet shop of the day I picked up a cord to secure her...
View ArticleAll quiet on the canine front
Between two hours of walks, a visit to the Empirical taproom, and playing with every dog in four neighborhoods, Cassie is tuckered out. I am also. I'll have video tomorrow morning. Right now she and I...
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Lovely weather, lovely walk
Cassie and I walked to Horner Park in search of a dog-friendly area. She has a lot of energy, even after this:Unfortunately, even though the Chicago Park District claims Horner Park has a dog-friendly...
View ArticleThe world keeps turning
Even though my life for the past week has revolved around a happy, energetic ball of fur, the rest of the world has continued as if Cassie doesn't matter:US Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) has taken the...
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Cassie would like second breakfast now
It's difficult to resist this face:Difficult, but not impossible.She's also learning how to lie down and stay on command. I keep reminding myself that she's making rapid progress, but this will take...
View ArticleUptown Theater rehab in trouble?
One of the two organizations backing the $75 million Uptown Theater rehabilitation project in my neighborhood has backed out:Farpoint Development is no longer involved in the efforts to revitalize the...
View ArticleSure happy it's Thursday
I've spent the last few weeks in my off-hours beavering away at a major software project, which I hope to launch this spring. Meanwhile, I continue to beaver at my paying job, with only one exciting...
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Feeling a little blocked, here
Since Wednesday, a 400-meter container ship has blocked the Suez Canal in Egypt, disrupting international trade and costing the world economy millions per day:International efforts to dislodge the...
View ArticleStill stuck, with no laxative in sight
The Ever Given continues to plug up the Suez Canal, halting some $10 billion a day in global trade:Canal authorities said on Saturday that dredgers had managed to dig out the rear of the ship on Friday...
View ArticleIt's Monday again
In case you needed proof that the world didn't suddenly become an Enlightenment paradise on January 20th, I give you:Georgia Republicans (and perhaps soon Florida Republicans) seem to have blundered...
View ArticleOne year and two weeks
We've spent 54 weeks in the looking-glass world of Covid-19. And while we may have so much more brain space than we had during the time a certain malignant personality invaded it every day, life has...
View ArticleImproved national rail service?
Amtrak has big plans—especially for Chicago—if it gets a piece of President Biden's $2-trillon infrastructure bill:Chicago passenger-rail riders ought to thrilled. A proposed map released by Amtrak...
View ArticleWhat I'm reading today
A few articles caught my attention this week:Jennifer Rubin says the GOP's opposition to literally everything President Biden has proposed is killing their popularity.The New Republic, in collaboration...
View ArticleBritish dog thefts on the rise
You read that right. The UK has so few dogs available for adoption that organized crime has stepped in:“It’s the worst I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been in the field for 35 years,” said Wayne May, police...
View ArticleWorth a shot
As the US approaches 4 million Covid-19 jabs per day, I finally got my place in line. I get my first dose on Thursday morning, and the second dose three weeks after. If all goes according to plan, I...
View ArticleReactionaries
Today's Republican Party has gone so far from an actual policy-making political entity that one wonders if they see their own self-owns. Right now, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has...
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