Horsmanistan

I just got an e-mail from someone claiming to be Saul Rosenbaum of Rosenbaum and Sons- "Official Haberdasher to the Vatican"- wanting to know what size mitre I take. What's going on?

Also, Primal Purge is back after a 6+ month hiatus.

We added blackout panels to our bedroom curtains this weekend. Good heavens, what a difference! Of course the really interesting part is that in slightly over 24 hours I went from living with quite a lot of light pouring in from the parking lot outside our window, to being strongly irked by the tiny bit of light still coming in around the edges.

("Irked" may be derived from the old Norse word yrkja which means, among other things, "to make verses." I now have a new goal: if I'm expressing annoyance, I must do it rhythmically.)