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I baked a rhubarb pie on Wednesday. The intention was to share it with the Babylon 5 gaming group (the cookbook recommends eating the pie entirely within a day). Scott had to work three to three on Thursday, so Wednesday's game didn't happen, and we had a pie all to ourselves. It's been tasty. Delia wasn't interested, so Scott and I have been eating it slowly. We're keeping it in the fridge to extend its life.

I didn't seal up the pie very well. I'm not practiced at putting together pie crust (Scott makes apple pies with a practiced hand, but I'd not done it before). The recipe called for putting a cookie sheet under the pie, so I did. Unfortunately, the cookie sheet is ruined-- The leaking sugary mess burned on. I couldn't even get it off with an S.O.S. pad, and that was pretty damaging to the coating on the cookie sheet as it was. If I were to do it again-- as I might. We have rhubarb growing in our yard-- I'd put down aluminum foil to protect the pan. Fortunately, Scott says the pan wasn't very expensive. We should be able to replace it. Well, we'll keep this one for future pie baking.

Delia's first week back at school seems to have gone well. She enjoyed it, at any rate. I'm a bit concerned, though. Her teacher hasn't sent home any sort of communication. All of Delia's previous teachers sent home an introductory letter in the first week, telling us how to contact them and what their background was. I'm suspending judgment until Tuesday. That's curriculum night, and the teacher will have to talk to parents then. Of course, that does nothing for all the parents who can't attend curriculum night.

Thursday, soccer practice was rained out. Delia both regretted it and didn't. Practices are an hour and a half this year which is exhaustingly long for the girls, but she likes the chance to run around with other girls.

Today's soccer game was moderately unpleasant. It rained for the entire first half. Almost all the parents had umbrellas, but the girls were out in the wet. They don't cancel games for rain unless the fields are really muddy (and then it's more because playing on the fields will damage them) or there's lightning. Today was just rain, so everything kept going.

The coach has been emphasizing staying in position. What he hasn't explained to the kids is that positions are zones rather than single points. Delia tended to stick to where she'd been put as if on a short tether, at least when she was on defense.

After the game, we went to Barnes & Noble so that I could take a look at the various models of Nook. I'm nervous about using a touch screen. I never have before. I was also a bit intimidated by all the features. I think the learning curve would be steep. I suppose the thing probably comes with decent documentation, so I wouldn't be guessing how to navigate. The Nook does look like it might work for the way I read, not easily, but still possibly.

I need to find a way to get my hands on a Kindle so I can see what I think of it. From what I've heard, it won't really support my preferred way of reading (from both ends toward the middle), but I might be more comfortable with using actual buttons to navigate.

Of course, there's still the question of whether or not I'd use an e-reader enough to justify the purchase.

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I baked a rhubarb pie on Wednesday. The intention was to share it with the Babylon 5 gaming group (the cookbook recommends eating the pie entirely within a day). Scott had to work three to three on Thursday, so Wednesday's game didn't happen, and we had a pie all to ourselves. It's been tasty. Delia wasn't interested, so Scott and I have been eating it slowly. We're keeping it in the fridge to extend its life.

I didn't seal up the pie very well. I'm not practiced at putting together pie crust (Scott makes apple pies with a practiced hand, but I'd not done it before). The recipe called for putting a cookie sheet under the pie, so I did. Unfortunately, the cookie sheet is ruined-- The leaking sugary mess burned on. I couldn't even get it off with an S.O.S. pad, and that was pretty damaging to the coating on the cookie sheet as it was. If I were to do it again-- as I might. We have rhubarb growing in our yard-- I'd put down aluminum foil to protect the pan. Fortunately, Scott says the pan wasn't very expensive. We should be able to replace it. Well, we'll keep this one for future pie baking.

Delia's first week back at school seems to have gone well. She enjoyed it, at any rate. I'm a bit concerned, though. Her teacher hasn't sent home any sort of communication. All of Delia's previous teachers sent home an introductory letter in the first week, telling us how to contact them and what their background was. I'm suspending judgment until Tuesday. That's curriculum night, and the teacher will have to talk to parents then. Of course, that does nothing for all the parents who can't attend curriculum night.

Thursday, soccer practice was rained out. Delia both regretted it and didn't. Practices are an hour and a half this year which is exhaustingly long for the girls, but she likes the chance to run around with other girls.

Today's soccer game was moderately unpleasant. It rained for the entire first half. Almost all the parents had umbrellas, but the girls were out in the wet. They don't cancel games for rain unless the fields are really muddy (and then it's more because playing on the fields will damage them) or there's lightning. Today was just rain, so everything kept going.

The coach has been emphasizing staying in position. What he hasn't explained to the kids is that positions are zones rather than single points. Delia tended to stick to where she'd been put as if on a short tether, at least when she was on defense.

After the game, we went to Barnes & Noble so that I could take a look at the various models of Nook. I'm nervous about using a touch screen. I never have before. I was also a bit intimidated by all the features. I think the learning curve would be steep. I suppose the thing probably comes with decent documentation, so I wouldn't be guessing how to navigate. The Nook does look like it might work for the way I read, not easily, but still possibly.

I need to find a way to get my hands on a Kindle so I can see what I think of it. From what I've heard, it won't really support my preferred way of reading (from both ends toward the middle), but I might be more comfortable with using actual buttons to navigate.

Of course, there's still the question of whether or not I'd use an e-reader enough to justify the purchase.