...and for more somber news, the vacuum cleaner died

Made it through another year. Hurrah for Hallowe'en birthdays! As the 'wwekend of my birthday, observed' finishes up, I got a chance to play in 2 tabletop games [4th ed D&D, then 2nd ed D&D], went to a fun party and will be going to BASFA tonight. So it's been a weekend full of events