Well, the fire is starting to wind down and I need to be up to go to work in the morning. I'm hoping that I'm well enough to go in but I'm not holding my breath. I never got as much rest today as I needed to get but Ann was in worse shape than I and Jack still requires too much supervision. It will be nice when we can tell him to go downstairs and play and let us *both* sleep a bit. Oh, who am I kidding? He'll be in the room every five minutes looking for help with something, asking a question, wanting to show us stuff, etc. He's far too interested in other people and their reactions and thoughts, etc. And I love it. Even if it means I will never get a nap or be able to sleep in for another... um... 16 or so years...

Where was I? Right. Sleep. As in, I'm going to go to. Now.  11:57:17 PM    

Las Vegas Mercury: Goldberg: Dear Diary...: "Apparently, there is a new and more dangerous assault to casual obsessive stalking, dating and innocent sexual misadventure: the weblog."

This is priceless! And downright scary.  11:37:28 PM    

Nick Denton: "Where are the liberal weblogs?" A good list. It's a start.  11:15:33 PM    

March 20, 2002 - March Madness: Has Selig Gone Too Far This Time?: "Think about that for a minute. In a multi-billion-dollar industry whose largest investors include Disney, News Corp., AOL Time Warner, and the Tribune Company, a car dealer from Milwaukee not only dictates labor policy, but forbids his employers from discussing the wisdom of his chosen course among themselves. The Iraqi Parliament has more freedom."  11:11:54 PM    

YellowTimes.org: ""The 'War on Terrorism' for dummies"" Very interesting reading.  11:05:07 PM    

Ruby: Productive Programming Language: "Every few years something significant happens in the land of computer programming. In my opinion the Ruby computer language is such a landmark."  11:00:17 PM    

The New Yorker: "The messy desk is not necessarily a sign of disorganization. It may be a sign of complexity: those who deal with many unresolved ideas simultaneously cannot sort and file the papers on their desks, because they haven't yet sorted and filed the ideas in their head."  11:41:11 AM    

Leper Messiah is a new weblog I just found which is wonderful. The author (whose real name I didn't bother to find because I'm a sick, lazy, fuckhead today) has a lot of great gems and some insightful observations. I laughed, I cried, it was better than cats.

Anyway, my favorite (and it's damned true): "Have you ever noticed how free small children are? For example, at one point this weekend, my goddaughter took off her pants because she "didn't want to wear them". She then spent the rest of the day running around in a purple shirt & undies, without a care in the world. When do we adults lose that feeling of nonchalance? Can you imagine being at the office, in a small, confining, cookie-cutter cubicle, and just deciding to take off your pants because you didn't feel like wearing them anymore? Or running down the street (sans-pants), jumping in the air yelling "I'm a fairy princess! I'm a fairy princess!"? Oh, how I envy her that freedom.... "  9:56:42 AM    

Today is the first day of spring. It's cold, rainy, and all three of us are very sick. I have Jack duty first this morning so Ann (bronchitis) can sleep in. At lunch we trade places so she can watch Jack while I (badly infected uvula, if you can believe that) sleep. Jack (general flu) will sleep this afternoon also. Ann and I are both on antibiotics and Jack is on Children's Tylenol Cold. What fun. Happy spring...  9:18:22 AM