Quote of the day from the interwebs

"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

The physicality of being

So...a combination of issues has conspired to convince me that having my personality uploaded to the cloud (and eschewing these too-fragile human bodies) wouldn't be so bad.

( All of the icky bits are back here...and they're of little interest to anyone but my sister Susan, who sometimes reads this blog... )

But right now, I'm more comfortable than at any time in the last four weeks...we'll take that. :-) Hope this finds you all healthy and happy, too!