On January 25th...

On January 25th I wrote a few thoughts about The North Face jackets and coats.  A few days ago, my nine -year-old daughter got in the car after school and blurted, "Dad, is it okay that I don't have a North Face coat?"  She was somewhat concerned.  She then let me know that she really doesn't care, and that she doesn't feel the need for one.  That was cool.  She was my date to see the new production of Les Miserables this week.  We took a cab.  The driver was talking in his Blue Tooth (?) thing the whole time.  I have not been in a regular taxi in Chicago in a year when the driver wasn't talking (yelling) into his hands-free phone.  Annoying?