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Nichinan, 2008.12.23

I was sick today, and had to go to the hospital for a saline drip. When I got home, I guess I looked pretty ragged, because little Kenny gave me a hug to comfort me. He reached up when I came in, and when I picked him up he threw his arms around me and gave me a squeeze.

It was the only time he's done so. He hugs his little friends, and hugs female relatives, but is pretty macho with his dad. Unless his dad looks like he's been puking his fluids away for the past day!

rand()m quote

One day you will take a fork in the road, and you're going to have to make a decision about which direction you want to go. If you go one way, you can be somebody. You will have to make compromises and you will have to turn your back on your friends. But you will be a member of the club and you will get promoted and get good assignments. Or you can go the other way and you can do something [...] for yourself. If you decide to do something, you may not get promoted and get good assignments and you certainly will not be a favorite of your superiors. But you won't have to compromise yourself. To be somebody or to do something. In life there is often a roll call. That's when you have to make a decision. To be or to do.

—John Boyd, US Air Force