Currently in Chicago (60657): -4F. Feels like -24F.

Today: Bitterly cold. Plentiful sunshine. Wind chills approaching -25F. High -1F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight: Bitterly cold. Mostly clear. Dangerous wind chills may approach -30F. Low -12F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.

So, I check the weather online before heading out to do some errands. it says... 11F, but feels like -9!!!!
WHAT THE FUCK?!? Get me outta here!

Edit: To add insult to injury, today it is 65F in Philadelphia and 56F in Lloyd Neck. Am I in some horrible alternate universe??

I miss the cicadas.

And on the bathroom floor.
Is it an understatement to say I shouldn't have removed the third ring yesterday?

Someone just took a huge dump in the sink.

Bella approaches meekly, then settles against my thigh in a C-shaped curve. Her eyes look into mine -- round, sad blue orbs, and as I pet her she purrs gently. Mushu sits on his haunches and looks at us. His pupils flicker across the irises, two rocks skimming the water's surface, and he looks to the window, the transluscent curtain, the morning ( Read more... )

I need to fix my sleep schedule.

Outside my window the sky is blue. Sliding on its surface, the faint flecks of clouds, sprays of seafoam ( Read more... )

On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... )

This is what he has:

Mosaic Down syndrome -- A form of Down syndrome in which a person typically has 2 types of cells, one with 46 chromosomes and the other with 47, including an additional chromosome 21 (typical trisomy 21).The rate of autism per live births is 31/10,000. The rate of Down Syndrome is 10/10,000. Mosaic Down Symdrome makes up 2-3 ( Read more... )