everything I didn't know about 600 BC I learnt from Vidal

Which always makes me think of "vide" in that horrible French sense... "Creation" has pulled me through a rather lot of cocktail party moments. But how long could that dream last?

I think I'm coming down with a bona fide cold despite having had a decent run of life without such inconveniences since... I don't recall. Must read legal cases and be ready to sum up, unless I wake up tomorrow with a swollen plum in my throat. In that case, I may stay home after all and leave the freshly powdered slopes of Heavenly to more insouciant folk.

At least highlights from "The Silver Flute" are friendly and familiar. Even if I can't quite sing along today :(