I don't think I will follow you there, Tep. Then again, I have no control of the music playing in my head so who knows?

Today we get to celebrate the birthday of Kate P!

::French horn fanfare::

There was a time in our lives at the old apartment where Kate and SA would stay with us almost annually as they came and went on their various "I'm in my early 20s and I'm traveling" days.

I remember Kate on her way back from India, and SA ripping about a hundred of my CDs to her laptop.

I'm grateful to have had them in our lives for so long that I got to watch them both come into their adulthood.

The last time I saw Kate was when she visited with her husband, and I talked with him about doing a blurb for his book on The Kinks while we breakfasted at Zazie.

The last time I saw SA she made a trip down from Portland to reconnect, and I took her to the Ice Cream Bar.

Actually, in the Georgia case, I believe it's guilty plea #4 - the first was the bail bondsman. But it's now #3 for the lawyers (mine is an evil laugh)

David, might some Benadryl OINTMENT give you some relief? I've found it works well for mosquito and other bug bites as well as any allergy-related irritation (I'm suggesting the ointment on the theory it won't interact as badly with anything else)

Things that are apparently really helpful during a war, when your government is a fading simulacra of what a government should be: a zoom meeting of reading yoga scripts and their interpretations. Not even kidding, something in me really needed that.

Also, happy birthday, Kate!

Maybe a different simulation, but I feel like I know how that feels, shir. Happy birthday, Kate. Still sick of my life, but it feels a little better that my stomach doesn't hurt.

The latest Republican nominee for House Speaker dropped out 4 hours after he won the secret ballot.

Just listening to news on the radio and they were conjecturing that the reason there were 9 male speaker candidates was that the women were too smart to want that job. Now I have seen the female GOP house representatives and I haven't seen a whole lot of brains there so I don't think that is the reason. Who knows, maybe Marjorie Taylor Green will toss her hat in tomorrow.

Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone! I always take the day off work for my birthday, so I've spent the whole day relaxing, reading, napping, going for a walk, and talking to my brother. An excellent day so far!

Sounds perfect, Kate! Good to hear.

Back from the library dealio. The regional NPR guy did a reading of The Raven and was dressed in period duds. It was nice. I didn't win any of the raffles. Oh well.