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Isaac has decided just recently that cuddles are a-ok, and has been giving them out again. He's still very emotional, and prone to fits of tears over seemingly minor things, but he's been connecting with us a lot more again.

I had a wonderful day with him - we visited Edinborough Park TWICE today, and he got a total of over 3 hours of climbing and jumping in. We dined together, we took a nap together, and he was saying things from the back seat like "DAD, when we get there, I want to give you a hug, ok?" It has been wonderful, even though the day started with a 20 minute screaming fit because he wanted MOMMY to take a car off the shelf for him NOT DADDY. But hey, he's 3.

Bella has been amusing me with more food choices - On Friday night we all went out to The King and I for dinner - the kids have always liked Pad Thai, so why not? Anyway, Bella decided she didn't like the noodles this time, but ate almost EVERY SINGLE PIECE of tofu. With relish. Today she scarfed down a Turtle Bread spinach quiche this am, ate some heavily spiced fries at Kings for lunch, and for dinner, ate fried chicken (skin and all). Now, to get more green stuff in her. HOW?

Dollhouse's last episode aired: There is one more - it's an epitaph ten years later. And it was pretty cool how they worked their way up to "Yay, we saved the world!" Fade to... no they didn't. And the villain had a point: Once an idea is out there, either you own it and run with it, or somebody else will, and you'll get run over. So stopping the one group that had the tech first didn't really stop the coming problems with mind wiping technology.... ;->

Speaking of Technology: Another year of the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show has passed, and I can honestly say there wasn't a SINGLE thing I saw presented that had my finger twitching on the buy button. Yes, it's a recession, and yes, musicians are of all people quite subject to the whims of the economy (the "day job" is not always the highest paying to begin with...). But I have always loved the cool new "unobtainium" models they came out with every year.

I suspect part of it is that computers have become such a huge part of music these days that there is less of a drool market for a keyboard or drum machine outside of the boutique 'it does this one thing REALLY WELL' models, which nobody can make a profit on anymore. And it's hard to drool over software.

Speaking of jaded: We had a hilarious moment at our Scotch Avenging where we were enjoying a new bottle, a "secret stills" bottling from Skye (AKA Talksker), and it was so smooth and delicious and scarily drinkable, and our only criticism was "well, you can't really tell it's a Talkisker". We have become ridiculous. And it's wonderful.