Spinning in a Miasma

Friday, January 25, 2008

Clear Skies (and Blurry Pictures)

OK, so this did not come out quite as planned. Below is the photo from the plane back to DC tonight. It was a crisp crisp winter night. The plane engine itself was beautiful and slightly fantastic. Add the sparkling cities below and it was really something. OK, maybe I'm just happy to be home, but here's my cell phone camera attempt to capture it:

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Horse Race

One of my favorite websites is www.electoral-vote.com. Every day it has updated state-by-state polling data. Admittedly, this tends to focus me on the horse race rather than the issues. But even the kids are into which states are going which way.

Our interpretation of the data today: Obama will win South Carolina handily and then get crushed on Super Duper Tuesday. Of course, that depends on what kind of bounce he gets from his SC win, but with California, New York, Massachusets, and New Jersey (to name a few) trending Hillary's way, she may go a long way to locking up the nomination on February 5.

(Partisan update: Brendan has abandoned his support for Romney, whom he now dubs a liar. He's a Barack man all the way. Jordan is steadfast in her support for Hillary.)

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

All Hail the Dark Lord

Brendan's quote of the morning:

Mom, I have a new nickname. It’s “Nasty B, the Dark Lord of Awesome."

(I was disappointed to learn that this may have come from the Suite Life of Zach & Cody.)

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Did I Mention We Got a Dog?

Monday, January 21, 2008

Master of the Garden

Tonight Dee Miasma will undoubtedly have the dream where it is finals and she hasn't attended class all semester and she can't even find her classroom. That's because she starts school tomorrow. That's right, she's going to become a Master Gardener. (Not to be confused with a Gardner Master, as Maddie is.) If I had thought about it, I'd have gotten her a Trapper Keeper for the first day of school.