Got up. Breakfast. Went to dentist 8 am (X-rays, cleaning). Voted. Went
home. Did some home improvement. Urged Rosie to go vote. She did (thereby
cancelling out mine.) Checked FNC — nothing much happening, some talking
heads still making their points, as if it matters now. Did e-mail, checked
Corner. Read some Penrose. Had lunch. Went to see kids’ teachers. Heard
things I already knew: Son smart but lazy, daughter life of party. Came
home. Got mail — magazine bonanza: Spectator, Mathematical Intelligencer,
New Yorker, TNR, The New Criterion. Sat & browsed magazines, drinking tea.
Checked Corner, FNC. Nothing really known. Back to attic for more home
improvements. Practiced calm resignation.