Fun

I have made three more mix tapes for the car, two of which are high-energy "Stay Awake" mixes. These might be useful on long, late-night trips.

Neil and I spent the best part of Thursday enjoying Saratoga Spa State Park, Broadway, Congress Park and a great lunch (a sandwich called "The Governor" on grilled panini) at Putnam Market. I found crème brûlée cordials (!) at Candy Gram. Our timing was fortunate: zimarra informs me that the evening's thunderstorm caused a beaver dam to break, closing part of the state park due to flooding concerns.

Today, I learned the musical interlude here. I hope to perform it soon.

Thursday morning, over donuts and puzzles, I was irresistibly driven to parody the asinine Dell cryptoquizzes. ("Kittens are so..." Hmm, they don't have "destructive". But here are "playful" and "cute". Gee, that was tough to decipher... Not.) Let's do another one.

For his birthday, Granddad would love:

O awrhymk vwywimwbk pof.
Kwx mw lw mw kwxt uothami sgom gzi ezli lzl mw gzb.
Bwth iyhhu.
Mzbh szmg mgh vxmh axtihi.
Mw eaws sgw mghih ezli vyozbzaf mw ph gzi ftoalvgzyltha oth.
Mw ph moeha ihtzwxiyk.