A Little Sun and Rain

And you have a flowering backyard this time of year on the west coast.

Looking forward to seeing all of my grandchildren tomorrow as part of a weekend birthday celebration.

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Happy Birthday, Youngest Son!

Dylan is 18, and we celebrated in his favorite restaurant in Japantown.

Happy Birthday, son!

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Understanding Patterns

Breaking news: The black boxes of the missing Malaysian Flight 370 jet are about to be found, according to CNN. And when they are, apparently, it will have been the U.S. military that found them. During the whole time this plane has been missing, I have been wondering how much the U.S. military would be willing to reveal about how much it knows about mysteries like this one.

My assumption is that in the context of global politics what is really going on here is the U.S. is playing with China in the narrative of determining the plane's fate. The U.S. knows China's government is vulnerable politically over this crash, and that is what these communications are all about.

In other words, our government has known for quite a while what happened, but has been leveraging that information to gain an advantage against China, which has no clue what happened.

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Soccer Returns

This may be the final round for me to see one of my kids play this great game. It depends on whether Julia chooses to continue paying after this spring.

I'm sunburned tonight, first time in a long time.

I love the game and I love watching my athletes.

Julia played tough in a loss. Very physical. I am proud of her.

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Thursday Night Babysitting

The teens and I had the pleasure tonight to take care of little Leif (4) and Oliver (2), after they visited my office with my daughter, Sarah Daisy.

Everyone in the office fawned over the little boys, who are so cute. Leif is old enough to appreciate what I showed him there -- the TV control room, the radio control room, a couple of radio taping booths, the big screen TVs in our newsroom, and my office, with three computer screens.

Back home, the teens took over. They played "soccer" in the backyard, read them books, and showed them video games.

Meanwhile, Sarah connected with friends from elementary school she hasn't seen in a quarter century.

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Rain and Hail; Family Night

Finally Uncle Aidan got to meet his youngest niece, Daisy, tonight. He's been so anxious to do so, but his work schedule has prevented it, until this day. It is not a school night for Dylan and Julia (spring break) and he had the night off, so across the Bay Bridge to El Cerrito we went, in a driving rain storm.

Earlier, at the office, I went over to the windows in the newsroom at 8:45 a.m. as hail struck KQED.

Lovely stuff all the way around.

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Happy 3rd Birthday, Sophia!

Joyeux Anniversaire Sophie!