Strange November!
The Cubs won the World Series. Donald Trump is our president-elect. I keep waiting to hear the sound of snorts and fluttering pig wings go past my open window. Or at least the galloping hooves of the four horses of the apocalypse. My kids (at least the ones that can talk) were pretty interested in both events. I'll start with the presidential election and just get that out of the way since it's an ugly topic even in civil conversation. If you voted for him, I totally respect that. It's the beauty of democracy, et cetera, et cetera. I, however, did not vote for him. Not only did I not vote for him, but I spoke about him to my six year with the kind of candor and confidence of one who fully believes the accuracy of polling data and the correctness of my own convictions. And now this guy- the one who I basically told my six year old to fear, the one that I said is an asshat, is mean to girls, disrespectful to people of different cultures, a...