Quarantine sign still up

We’re passing around viruses like a game of hot potato. Jonah is much better now. His fever has subsided, his food is staying down, and his poo-doos are solid. He does have a secondary viral infection in his left eye which we had checked out at Kaiser today....

The Miele Silvermoon

I’m not sure it’s possible to find a better vacuum. German appliance manufacturer Miele has as its motto the inspiring phrase “Anything else is a compromise.” Given the lengthy testing we did of a wide variety of vacuum cleaners from various...

John Gruber’s Daring Fireball

If you’re not reading Daring Fireball, you’re missing out on one of the great Macintosh web sites. I’ve only exchanged a couple of emails with John Gruber, the author of the superlative Mac nerd site Daring Fireball. It turns out we disagree on...

Still fighting the good fight

Jonah’s still in the throes of illness. No upchucks today thankfully, but the diaper scene rates up there with Aliens on the scale of gross things. A big THANK YOU to my parents for allowing Jonah and me to spend the afternoon with them. Jonah loved the company...

Corner not turned

Jonah’s run a low-grade fever (100 degrees) since Tuesday afternoon despite dosages of children’s Motrin every four to six hours or so. (Directions call for only four dosages in a 24 hour period so we’re abiding by that.) We switched over to...