Two quick articles from the NYTimes

Finding the Best Way to Cook All Those Vegetables

( My brain is hurting now )

De-emphasis on Race in Adoption Is Criticized

( I see the start of a pendulum )

Very annoyed.

First thing I do every day is decide if we're going out. Do this by checking the weather forecast.

On TV, the forecast said rain all day, thunderstorms in the afternoon. On the computer, the forecast said rain all day, thunderstorms in the afternoon. Usually, you can expect three different forecasts to be reliable.

So we stayed in. We skipped gardening in the park and stayed in.

Did we get any rain? No, we did not get any rain. I've never been so frustrated about not getting rained on before!

Apparently everybody else got rain, though - the nighttime news was all about how that "crazy weather" had passed at last. WTF. Seriously, WTF? You can tell that something happened, though, it's no longer hotter than hades over here.

But I would've gone out if I'd known we wouldn't get so much as a teeny tiny drop.

Naturally, the first thing I did this morning was check the weather forecast. It's supposed to be nice and sunny. We'll see.

Ana was busy playing with two toys

And she was speaking both parts, of course.

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I like "felled". Unlike "because of that's falling" I actually think I know what happened there. It makes sense. (And, spellcheck likes it too. Spellcheck does *not* like the word spellcheck.)

Oh god. I didn't even hear about this until it was over, and I'm still mad

Where I first heard about Nate Tesglin, a kid removed from his family for - what reason, exactly?
His family's timeline
ABFH's commentary

He's back home now, but that's beside the point.