Not only do I have my office to myself, but I just had cake. And my Chinese food should arrive in an hour. Things could be worse.

I was merely contemplating the prospect of his funeral, and being all freaked out about it.

Aw, there have been many nights where I have had to distract Dana from the Late Husband Who Forgets to Call.

I used to go through all that a lot when matt worked for the VC firm. He finally figured out that a phone call saved us both from a lot of trouble. yess , even at 2am.

cupcakes would be best

Sin City's mayor

I get to meet him this week. He's speaking at our conference. I may need to offer him a scotch at one of the receptions.

Hee.

Judge Orders Law Firm Back to School

A federal judge in Fresno, Calif., has ordered the entire 80-lawyer firm of Lozano Smith back to school for a refresher course in ethics as a sanction for repeated misrepresentation of facts and the law in a dispute over aid for a learning-disabled student.

Poor JZ! You should have a cupcake.

Not sure if my brain is fully working, because I have a grammar question: enjoying and understanding begins or begin?

begin.

Also I share all Kat's thought w/r/t Alias. So good. So wrong.

Thank you, bon bon. I feel like I'm on the right side of the law when I have your approval.

I just ate my cupcake for the day. All seems right with the world.

I don't generally ask for vibes, but I'm headed to the nurse practitioner for a minor, not at all life threatening, procedure. I have all my wishes that it will turn out well and if you want to send good vibes, 11:00 AM is the time.

All the best, Kat, and a heaping helping of calm to you, too.

When Joanie Laurer left wrestling, she had to leave her nom-de-fake-fighting behind. But The Rock gets to keep his.

I saw the Daily Show with him on it, and he's a great interview personality. He's warm and generous (and breathtaking beautiful), and I still haven't seen the evidence for the charges of arrogance.

So I thought about depth of field on my way into work. Will someone talk to me about it?

It's pretty much a lens thing, isn't it? Or a captured image thing. But in that, it's a convention in film and photograph to vary depth of field as part of an image's composition. And the sophisticated computer animations are doing the same thing.

Now, I understand that our internal lens has depth of field issues. But since, as the viewer, we're our own focus puller, we don't actually spend much time looking at things that aren't in focus. It's hard. But in film and photos we can, and it contributes to the impact of the piece.

How about in paintings and drawings? In my head, they all have infinite depth of field. But "my head" ain't that big. Still, it's hardly uncommon. Are there people or schools that mimic limited depth of field? Did this precede photography?

Suddenly, I need to know.

Completely separately from my bugaboo -- best of medical visits to you, Kat. Let all the stars align.