Away west

Did I ever tell you how I came to have a library card in a town I've never paid taxes in? We spend two weeks every summer with the in-laws, and the only two books in their entire house are a lowfat cookbook and one of those Time-Life America books from the bicentennial. So every single day I go and hang out in one of the two library branches that are in walking distance, and one day I went to the witchy-looking redheaded librarian and said, "Listen, my in-laws have never had a library card, and we're here for two weeks, and I know this is against your rules, but ..." and she interrupted me and said in a deep and meaningful way, "I understand." And she got me a library card.

Anyhow, we're off to the in-laws' for two weeks of beautiful weather and excessive television, and that library card will help me survive. I'll probably be able to pick up e-mail every couple of days. I'll see you all after the 24th. Don't break fandom while I'm gone, because I'm going to need it badly when I come home.