Three golds and a bronze in previous Olympics makes you a legend who gets to carry your country's flag in your sixth and final Olympics.
Kamil’s Last Olympics
Saturday
Sick Frog
The End 2026
We took down the tree and most of the decorations in the living room weeks ago -- earlier than we usually do but certainly later than many. The decorations in the kitchen, though, stayed up.
"Just a little longer," K assured us. I personally don't really care how long the holiday decorations stay up: not having grown up with them, I'm kind of ambivalent and also kind of enjoy them. I guess you could say I'm largely ambivalent about how long they stay up. There -- contradiction resolved.
It seems to be the end of winter as well. We had a massive (for our standards) snow storm Saturday, but by Sunday afternoon, most of the roads were clear. Nonetheless, because we do live in the south, school was canceled for Monday and Tuesday. We were out last week Monday through Wednesday because of the ice storm, so we've been in that time-defying what-day-is-it period for some time now. But weather is returning to normal here: it's supposed to be in the sixties this Saturday, a week after it was in the twenties.
Snow Melting
Actual Snow 2026
afternoon
One Year Ago Tomorrow
A list of concerns about Trump 2.0:
- Cuts prescription cost-cutting measures
- Threatens to seize the Panama Canal
Withdraws from the Paris Climate AccordWithdraws from the WHOBegins deportation processPardons all insurrectionistsThreatens to seize GreenlandExpresses hope to make Canada a US StateDoes away with civil rights gains“Ends” birthright citizenship- Threatens Columbia
Fires inspectors generalMass firings of those who opposed in any wayFreezes foreign aidFreezes grants with effects on everything from free lunch programs to housing subsidies, from Medicaid payments to child cancer researchOffers to buy out federal employees
One year in, and he's done (or started) thirteen of them.
Ice Day
Snow 2026
Preparing for the Storm
Kamil’s Last Olympics
Three golds and a bronze in previous Olympics makes you a legend who gets to carry your country's flag in your sixth and final Olympics.
Saturday
Sick Frog
The End 2026
We took down the tree and most of the decorations in the living room weeks ago -- earlier than we usually do but certainly later than many. The decorations in the kitchen, though, stayed up.
"Just a little longer," K assured us. I personally don't really care how long the holiday decorations stay up: not having grown up with them, I'm kind of ambivalent and also kind of enjoy them. I guess you could say I'm largely ambivalent about how long they stay up. There -- contradiction resolved.
It seems to be the end of winter as well. We had a massive (for our standards) snow storm Saturday, but by Sunday afternoon, most of the roads were clear. Nonetheless, because we do live in the south, school was canceled for Monday and Tuesday. We were out last week Monday through Wednesday because of the ice storm, so we've been in that time-defying what-day-is-it period for some time now. But weather is returning to normal here: it's supposed to be in the sixties this Saturday, a week after it was in the twenties.
Snow Melting
Actual Snow 2026
afternoon
One Year Ago Tomorrow
A list of concerns about Trump 2.0:
- Cuts prescription cost-cutting measures
- Threatens to seize the Panama Canal
Withdraws from the Paris Climate AccordWithdraws from the WHOBegins deportation processPardons all insurrectionistsThreatens to seize GreenlandExpresses hope to make Canada a US StateDoes away with civil rights gains“Ends” birthright citizenship- Threatens Columbia
Fires inspectors generalMass firings of those who opposed in any wayFreezes foreign aidFreezes grants with effects on everything from free lunch programs to housing subsidies, from Medicaid payments to child cancer researchOffers to buy out federal employees
One year in, and he's done (or started) thirteen of them.
Ice Day
Snow 2026
Preparing for the Storm