Welcome home, Jesse! It doesn't seem you were gone long enough!

I spent an inordinate amount of time today "listening" to RadioLab and TEDRadio when really, I was being slept on by cats. Could've been more productive, but I don't mind stints as a cat bed. They're lovely.

What with the smart phone, I was barely gone from here at all!

You’d have more credibility if you maybe hadn’t said this about oatmeal. And gin.

Details, details. And we've determined that I like really good gin in mixed drinks. Oatmeal, however, is still squoodgy and ugh.

That's a cute ad. I hope it's a good gig.

If only ita were here....

I think that every day.

Yeah, that thought certainly crosses my mind with some frequency.

OK, here's my big decision that I need help with for today: do I keep reading Azimov's until I finish the issue and then read Ellery Queen, or swap back and forth between them? It's odd to me that they should come out on the same day, but that appears to be the case.

Oh, wait, I have last month's Azimov's still mostly unread. Decision made.

And we've determined that I like really good gin in mixed drinks.

I take it as a personal win. Frankly, I don't even offer you sips of drinks just to see the squinchy face any longer. I honestly only offer ones I think you will enjoy. So we've both grown as people, I think.

I forget that Iceland is like a 5 hour plane flight, so it's very possible to post again so rapidly.

Congrats to Colin on a lucrative (and funny) gig that should give him great exposure! (I'll still mourn the absence of Eureka, though.)

Timelies all!

Trying to type around Nova, again.

Based on zero evidence, I thought I would feel better today. That didn't happen, but I think I will still be able to load and unload the dishwasher a few times, in between reading magazines and watching Netflix. And I've got stock simmering, won't take much effort to get that finished up. That will probably have to do, productivity-wise.