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Yesterday I finished reading The Economist. Before noon I went to Nealon Park with Vanessa and the kids. She had mad sandwiches and other stuff for lunch. Annie loves to swing. After pushing her for a while, I ask her if she would not like to go play with Beech or go down the slide, but she always says MORE SWING. Sometimes Beech helps with the pushing. I am the only one who does much eating. The kids and Vanessa mostly nibble small amounts, but I always eat and drink all of mine. Vanessa always stops at Starbucks and gets coffee for us and chocolate milk boxes for the kids.

Last night Joshua came over to watch 24 with me. Next week is a two-hour last show of the season. Because jack is being set up to die from inhaling a lethal gas that takes a day to work, this may be the end of the program too.

Charlie Rose was good last night again. He had two women that I had never heard of on different segments that were impressive, especially the Harvard law professor that is monitoring the banks' compliance with the TARP contracts.