Events

Things to read later: We're heading into our fifth day of record temperatures in Chicago. Since records began in the 1870s, we've had five days above 21C—two of them this year. Tomorrow should be similarly warm. Followed, of course, by normal February weather this weekend. James Fallows takes a break from his book to warn about President Trump's assault on the media. Brian Beutler suggests FBI Director James Comey should treat Donald Trump just the way he treated Hillary Clinton, if for no other reason...

The windows at Inner Drive Technology World Headquarters are all open—yes, on February 17th—because it's 18°C outside. This is the normal high temperature for May 1st. Parker's having a bath, too, so the weather is great for him to walk home from the doggy daycare place.

Since December I've been the technical lead on an 18-person project at work, which has tanked my blogging frequency. I may return to my previous 3-posts-in-two-days velocity at some point. For now, here are some articles to read: Pilot Patrick Smith wades into the Trump travel ban, and also talks about the longest scheduled flights you can take. Charles Pierce, Jeet Heer, and Josh Marshall all boggle at President Trump's press conference earlier today. NCPC is predicting a warm spring in Chicago. That's...

Diners at Mar-al-Lago overheard the President talking with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the latest in a string of idiotic security breaches he's made all by himself: As Mar-a-Lago's wealthy members looked on from their tables, and with a keyboard player crooning in the background, Trump and Abe's evening meal quickly morphed into a strategy session, the decision-making on full view to fellow diners, who described it in detail to CNN. News of Pyongyang's launch had emerged an hour earlier, as...

We haven't gotten 25mm of snow in Chicago since December 19th, and the forecast for the next week is precipitation-free—57 days of snow-free weather so far. The record is 83, which we'll break if we don't get that much snow before March 12th. This is unlikely most years, but this year, the climate predictions look promising. Stay tuned. We could always get a blizzard. It's February, after all.

Quick hits: This week's "What Just Happened?" column from Alex Shepherd is a must-read. And by the way, as I've been saying, the president has done everything he promised. Why is anyone surprised? Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel has proposed a high-speed rail link between O'Hare and downtown. And soon, the weekend...