Otherwise, i've been listening to Fletcher henderson' sbig band recorded in 1931 and 1934. Here's Radio Rhythm from 1931 www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAM6...

Not going out tonight. So I'm about to review the third and last flashcards of the day. Then cocoa and read some more Latin

Sunny. COLD. The wind is roaring. 14F/-10C. Really like to run an errand. But I just don't know

My constant anger at the pogroms makes me want to contend online. The most pointless response

Where are the ads of these adorable kids in detention with the caption "worst of the worst"

The last load of laundry is in the dryer

It's been a grey, chilly day. 32F/0C. Calm. Just had a brief snow shower.

Still sunny and below freezing. 30F/-1C. I'm going out to socialize, then run errands. Take it easy out there

It's clouded over. But I finished a last piece of deskwork. A responsibility I have kept hanging over my head for unconscionably long. Til the last minute, really. And maybe a little longer than that. A relief. Nothing but Latin awaiting me now

Sunny, and actually somewhat above freezing. 36F/2C. But I have things to do

"Did you see the video of ...?" I hope I never say these words in conversation

Sunny. 36F/2C. Nine days since the big snow, and today is the first day above freezing

Nice night on Main Street. Students are returning for the spring semester. Despite the chill (19F/-7C) many more people about than there have been for weeks.

Still haven't seen CPB killings identified as "extrajudicial executions" yet. The ideological regimentation is so thorough

hate to say it, but I've been sitting here replying for over an hour. I'm sick of it, and replying is the best I can come up with? Disgrace

"The Left" is a rhetorical device whose only function is to imply guilt by association. And what it associates the people it is used to refer to is itself only a fiction

Wonder which of his advisors is arguing that lessons of history show it's time to deploy the German shepherds again

"Chaos" as the mystifying synonym for "brutal police repression"

My 82 year-old neighbor came over and has been finishing the shoveling on my driveway. I really appreciate it, but embarrassing. I'm not half the neighbor he is

"the present situation cannot continue” means everything and nothing. You don't even have to squint to see how It means, Minnesota can throw in the towel and collaborate. It means people can go home and shut up. It means he wants to stop losing and is looking for winning alternatives

Engrossed in Latin, I felt like there were things going on, like I was missing something. Except for Minneapolis, there were not, and I was not

The melody of the Feel Like I'm Fixing to Die Rag, Country Joe and the Fish's catchy anti-war song, seems to be borrowed from the Kid Ory/Louis Armstrong tune Muskrat Ramble. Live and learn

Back to back days shoveling and I'm tired

Never made it to Latin this morning. Now it's time to make a mug of tea and tune in to today's episode of the Acts of the Apostles

Worked on the driveway for a little over an hour. Yesterday I cleared two paths for the car. Over night they drifted and froze with the rain. So today I recleared one of them. Used the spade to loosen an inch of ice, than shoveled up the pieces. I'll finish the other one tomorrow

9:30 pm and it's the warmest it's been all day. Even if that's only 23F/-5C

Bovino means "bovine." But I have yet to see anyone mention it. I keep waiting for the bovine jokes. Keep in mind, when ended with an "a" bovina means cow-dung. Yes, literally, a piece of

I thought I might shovel for an hour and see what I got done. Did not think I could or would shovel the whole drive. But I did. End to end, though not side to side. (It's 90 feet long!) I was unexpectedly comfortable and unusually patient. Two hours shoveling flew

Brief break. Just to take off a layer. Yes, dressed too warmly for 18 and windy

18F/-8C. Sleeting. Windy. I really think I need to try to shovel the driveway. At least in part

So many kinds of becoming just right here in my own life

Brisk night on Main Street. 18F/-8C. Surprising number of people out in the first half of the evening. Hot beverage franchise was out of milk, so no hot chocolate for me.

What is the point of commentators anyway?

For a week I've been trying to decide where to donate $ in MInneapolis. I think I've found it

Clouds gathering again. Maybe 12 hours til the storm arrives

An hour was enough to finish the pruning, but left a pile of brush. After the snow tomorrow, we might not see temps above freezing for a week. Brush will just have to wait

Nice surprise this morning. Early on it was grey. But by mid-morning the sun was shining, and I could read my Latin in the sun spot. It's till cold tho. 19F/-7C. I'm going to do some more pruning.

Why did I stay up this late? Good night

The wind is roaring

I went out for conversation. All anybody's talking about is our potential big snow. All I was talking about too

Moving along to dinner

Hour of pruning went a long way. An hour tomorrow should probably finish the firethorn. Another hour of Latin went real well too. Like the Latin learning part of my brain was still warmed up and receptive

I'm going to do some pruning

Friday is laundry day. Just took the first load out of the dryer. Crackling with static. Real winter now

latin went well this morning. but that's routine now

grey. cool. the storm is coming. 39F/4C. cold arrived tomorrow. snow Sunday

That Anderson film has oscar nominations? Beats me.

Snow storm coming this weekend. Still over 48 hours away. Which around here means the forecast is worthless. Nonetheless, they are now talking about 5-8 inches. 8 inches would be a big storm for us

Video call tutoring with my Taiwanese friend tonight. We really had fun. Lot of good pronunciation. She's such a dedicated learner. I don't know how she can make progress like that on her own

4:40 a.m. and I'm wrapped up in oligarchy and racist ideology and necessary features of the accumulation of capital and inter-capital competition on the global scale. I need to go back to bed