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Yes, my daughter is 11, and she's taller than I am!

Oh, yes. In addition to the preponderance of Sophias, my daughter's peer group also includes a lot of "A" names: Abby, Addy (short for Addison), Ada, Alyssa, and Ava. I have to be very careful when I'm texting the parents, who are usually listed in my phone contacts as so-and-so's mom/dad...

Some classic names there. "Eleanor" and "Althea" strike me as names for older people, but then I remember that every Eleanor or Althea was a baby at one time. And I love "Jane"--just very solid.

My daughter knows so many Sophias that she's developed an entire nomenclature for them. We have Orchestra Sophia, Bus Sophia, Volleyball Sophia, Lunchroom Sophia, and a few others.

It's also frustrating to have a fairly common name with variant spellings. My daughter and I both do, and it irks us beyond reason when people get it wrong.

Gotta give them credit for honesty! Speaking of honesty, I watched part of the senior floor final with my 11 year-old, and she asked if the gymnasts actually practice their choreography, or if they make it up on the spot.

2019 was also pretty great: https://www.gymn-forum.net/Results/Misc/2010s/2019_Sr_Jesolo.html

China's sent their second- and third-stringers. I'm curious to see how they fare this weekend. (The Chinese junior WAG team quietly won their division in last week's DTB Cup.) Is this Elena Colas' senior international debut?

Or not. Trashy plotlines sell pretty well. I thought Sabrina had recently undergone an emergency appendectomy. I hope she didn't bust a stitch or anything.

I wonder if Strazheva could have taken the bronze over Boginskaya? I'm looking at the Team and AA results on Gymforum, but it's too early to crunch numbers. I suppose it might have been possible if Strazheva had been on fire in the AA final, but the Seoul judges seemed to love Boginskaya...

I was gutted when Strazheva injured her knee on beam in TO, and then thrilled when she came back in '89.

China wins when I'm sleeping. Is it axiomatic? If that's the case, I'm prepared to sleep through every major compeetition this quad.

That leo reminds me of an activity at my daughter's fifth-grade Halloween party. The kids wrapped each other in toilet paper.

9 PM is impossible for me, especially right before we swtich to Daylight Savings Time. I'm usually in bed by 8:30, even on weekends. But I'll try to find videos tomorrow, and I don't mind spoilers.

The part of me that honeymooned in Hawaii wants to see anthurium and hibiscus. But the part of me that's addicted to crime fiction only sees blood spatter. The cognitive dissonance is too much.