Still Here…
Sorry for the long silence. Maria and the boys are still in Newport, visiting my family. Kai is having a fantastic time playing with his cousins, and Eidan has taken his first steps! But I wasn’t there to see it :-(. Apparently he’s done it twice now - just a few steps each time. But he only does it when he’s angry, kind of like the Hulk (he did it once when my sister took something away from him, and once when he was fighting over a toy with my Dad’s dog). They’re coming home tomorrow.
I’ve been here in Philly, and all my time outside of work has been consumed by my work on the new bathroom floor. It’s a big job, but it’s coming out nicely. I’ll post pictures of the work, and more pictures from Newport, soon.
Also, I’ve made a few changes to the blog. The biggest change is that I’ve removed all of the political posts (but I may go back through them and re-publish some of the best ones - I haven’t decided yet). I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and I’m ceasing my political commentary for a number of reasons, which I’ll try to explain in a future post. I’ll probably still occasioanlly point you to something good that I’ve read, but that’s all. As far as I know, my readership is very small, and consists of friends and family, whose main reason for coming here is not to hear my views on politics anyway.
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