Eva came upstairs about an hour after I sent her to bed, complaining of a headache.

She had one earlier this week, and come to think of it she got an awful lot in the first grade, although we chalked those up to lack of sleep and dehydration. I hope she hasn't inherited the migraines, but when virtually every woman and girl in the maternal line of our family has migraines (or, in my case, what appear to be cluster headaches) I would suggest the odds are not in her favor.

She didn't have a fever, chickenpox, or signs of flu, so I gave her a baby aspirin which she utterly failed to swallow, eventually resorting to chewing it up. Ew. She then went to bed, chastising me for being insufficiently comforting.

So, to apologize, I sang to her, starting with "I gave my love a cherry"

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I have to be up super early tomorrow to make muffins for Ana to take to Mark Twain of testing. Fingers crossed!

The links accumulate so rapidly.

Langston Hughes' Collection of Harlem Rent Party Advertisements

http://slate.me/1ddvnOU
http://brblroom26.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/rentparty/

Conservatives like to claim that single women use subsidized handouts as a substitute for a husband—but they aren’t the ones who benefit most from government spending.

http://thebea.st/1dDtBCU

Rep. Louie Gohmert On Why He Joined Congress: I Wanted to Stop Single Moms from Getting Welfare

http://bit.ly/1dbxanC

Historic House Is Yours Free, But There's A Catch

http://n.pr/JR4GVb

Scientists: Americans are becoming weather wimps

http://bit.ly/1c7bMes

A new analysis reveals autism's genetic underpinnings in unprecedented detail.

http://bit.ly/1hbaxAf

Five economic reforms Millenials should be fighting for

http://rol.st/1cONytZ

US House passed bill ravaging toxic-waste law - on same day as W. Virginia chemical spill

http://rt.com/usa/hazardous-toxic-waste-law-445/

Each Google+ update brings Google closer to taking over the social layer of the Internet—potentially at the expense of user goodwill.

http://bit.ly/19lADk4