Events

I surprised a colleague by suggesting that it won't get as cold as it did yesterday for the rest of 2022. The temperature bottomed out at -12°C around 6am (with a wind chill of -21°C), a record low. Plus, the climate normal low only goes below freezing until the 20th. The upshot? I will now take Cassie on a 20-minute walk and enjoy the above-freezing temperatures as long as they last, which is currently forecast through...October?

Even as the East Coast gets bombed by an early-spring cyclone, we have sunny skies and bitter cold. But the -12°C at O'Hare at 6am will likely be the coldest temperature we get in Chicago until 2023. The forecast predicts temperatures above 10°C tomorrow and up to 16°C on Wednesday, with no more below-freezing temperatures predicted as far out as predictions can go. Meanwhile, I'm about to leave for our first of two Bach Jonannespassion performances this weekend. We still have tickets available for...

US Representative Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) yesterday laid out his love of American democracy at an event back home: @RepCawthorn said tonight he regrets not being able to stop the 2020 election. Are promoting misinformation about the election after just speaking out against misinformation being spread? Hear if for yourself-@WLOS_13 pic.twitter.com/IcxD6U46Et — Samiar Nefzi (@samiarnefzitv) March 11, 2022 Now, did he really mean the election, or just the XPOTUS losing by more votes in history to...

I'm hard at work on a presentation for my company's annual Tech Forum, which is next week. Meanwhile I've got two performances of Bach's Johannespassion this weekend, with our orchestra rehearsal this evening. Oh, and we change the clocks on Sunday. So in lieu of anything more interesting, here's a photo I took of Chicago's St Boniface Cemetery on Tuesday morning:

No, I didn't send Cassie's slobber to 78AndWoof.com or anything. Someone brought a DNA-shaped toy to the dog park today, which Cassie found irresistible: This cattle dog also found the toy irresistible, leading to this irresistible tug-of-war that ranged around the park for a good five minutes: