Gratuitous Admin Note

Woke up this morning with a hydraulic pump working my sinuses and a pair of wildcats fighting in my throat. "They" say that this is turning out to be an unusually bad pollen season here in Dee Cee, although I haven't heard why. Personally, I blame global warming. (Just as an aside, if I understand yesterday's ruling by the Supremes outlawing CO2 correctly, ought we not to start an immediate campaign of massive deforestation? But I digress.)

Anyhoo, given this, I couldn't face the prospect of putting in the ol' contacts this morning, so I am instead relying on my fall-back pair of glasses, the prescription for which is several years out of date. Aside from the dangers I pose today to traffic (which won't concern you directly), I probably also will fill my posts with an unusual number of typos (which will). I apologize in advance.

So, whaddaya say we get this day going with a little allergy-sufferer's music: