I Forgot All About that Place

I can't believe our President-elect gave a shout out to Harold's Chicken Shack.  This one was right next to MY old apartment in Chicago.  Go South Loop!

Confessions

Forgive me, Internet, for I have sinned.  It has been 26 days since my last confession.

I ate the last of my daughter's Halloween candy.

Another Little Thing

Samantha finally figured out how to put together some tricky syllables and spent the evening chanting I LOVE DADDY I LOVE MOMMY I LOVE DADDY I LOVE MOMMY.

A Little Thing

I promised Samantha that I would announce to the world that she went poo on the potty for the very first time today.

Mysteries

Why do I get sick for 6 weeks straight every fall?

Photos

I just added a link at the top of this page to photos of Sam on Shutterfly.  I've only managed to upload her pictures through September or so.  That's when I switched to Picasa, and I haven't quite figured out yet how I'll share those in an organized way. 

Does anyone have a suggestion as to the fastest and easiest way to manage and share photos?

Something the Lord Made

Something the Lord Made is a great movie.  It's theme is:  The intrinsic value of doing work you love is more fundamental than any reward you can gain from the world for doing it. 

The movie is based on the true story of the two men who pioneered heart surgery.  The partners, one a relatively uneducated black man and the other a respected doctor, are both great men, and the central conflict is one of good versus good - an essential element in any good movie.  (Even the better superhero movies present an internal clash within the hero which ties in to his struggles against evil.)

Without giving away too much, I can say that this movie portrayed independence as the antidote to racism.  Watching it during this historic time when our great nation has elected a black man as President gave the story extra meaning.