Just got back from the opening ceremonies for my daughter’s first day of school. She’s starting second grade this year (I know, I know: long days, short years). I gave her the same fatherly advice my Dad gave me. First day of school, find the biggest, meanest looking kid you can find on the yard and beat him senseless. Then take over the cigarette trade as quickly as possible. Oh wait, that was advice my Dad gave me for my first day at something else. Oh, well, it still applies.

Anyway, it was a lovely moment. Lu seems better equipped for such things than I ever was.