Blurt!Sben

Tonight’s bedtime discussion with the bambina: the coronavirus.

Mar. 2, 2020, 9:41pm (edited)

I don’t think I’m worried about the coronavirus, but I am thinking about it.

Mar. 1, 2020, 8:07pm (edited)

Meghan took a basket-weaving class (above-water) this weekend.

Mar. 1, 2020, 8:07pm

Tonight’s kitchen victory: lamb and prunes braised in wine.

Mar. 1, 2020, 8:06pm

At the grocery store yesterday, the only sign of emergency food hoarding was the empty shelf of Annie’s organic mac and cheese. (There were plenty of non-organic boxes.)

Mar. 1, 2020, 9:09am (edited)

Power outage for about an hour this morning.

Feb. 23, 2020, 8:32am

Tonight’s kitchen victory: poulet au cidre. Mom came over.

Feb. 22, 2020, 8:42pm

Meghan and I haven’t watched any of the most recent seasons of Stranger Things, The Good Place, or Doctor Who (all of which we really enjoy). So, naturally, last night we watched the first couple episodes of Beforeigners. Which we really enjoyed.

Feb. 22, 2020, 10:16am

Longer days and a run of great weather are coinciding and it’s been fabulous.

Feb. 20, 2020, 5:17pm

Tonight’s kitchen victory: vinegar chicken with crushed olives.

Feb. 16, 2020, 8:15pm

Walked for a couple hours this afternoon.

Feb. 16, 2020, 8:15pm

This morning’s kitchen victory: scrambled eggs with asparagus.

Feb. 16, 2020, 1:44pm

I’m undecided on Sanders vs. Warren. But I’ll vote for the Democratic candidate in a heartbeat in the general election, even if it’s somebody who’s nowhere near my first choice, like Buttigieg. Bloomberg is the exception.

Feb. 10, 2020, 8:48pm

The fruit of today’s wikidive is the elliptical dual grammatical number. For example, in The Iliad, Αἴαντε, the dual form of Ajax, means “Ajax and his companion Teucer”.

Feb. 10, 2020, 6:31pm (edited)

New Adventures in Hi-Fi is still amazing.

Feb. 10, 2020, 3:33pm