Nurse Ratched Discovers Technology

I am feeling much better--slept until noon (!) and the cough is no longer that ugly spasmy thing. I intend to take it v. slow so that I can enjoy my lamb chops and champagne tonight. Meanwhile, Avocado, returned at last from the Land of Her Sister's House, has constituted herself my caregiver, and misses no opportunity to scold me into good health. She has iChatted me about going back to sleep (not gonna happen; I have slept as much as I'm gonna for a while) and even scolded me via video Chat. She is a dear little bossy object, and is even going to take the dog out for her drag today.

And she's walking around the living room singing "Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta." Would I have dreamt of this, fourteen years ago? No way.

The Internet Contains Everyone

I just got a note on Facebook from one of my nursery school teachers. She has a drawing of mine. This is just a little stunning.

Once in a Blue Moon

That would be tonight.

That big ol' moon out the window? It's a blue moon: the second full moon of a month. Last one was a decade ago.

Happy New Year, one and all. My wish for all of us: good health, good work, good fun, prosperity, joy, warmth and friends abounding. Wish on the blue moon and make it so.