Happy

For someone who can become morose almost at the drop of a hat, this is an unusual sensation: I'm happy, for a couple of reasons.

One is that we just had stromboli, which my wife makes exceptionally well, and it was delightful.

Another is that I just heard that while he was the resident president, Cheney was visible at all times -- the reason being that the 'undisclosed location' where he likes to hide out was unavailable while it was being examined for polyps.

Plus, we just bought a replacement phone with two plug-in extensions, so that we'll be able to a) have a mute-able phone in the kitchen that still has a speaker, answering machine, and cordless handset, b) replace the ageing telephone in our bedroom with a smaller handset, and c) be able to put an extension in the living room, so that we won't have to sprint into the kitchen when the phone rings. We're ordering it through Amazon, so not only is the price decent, but we can return it if it turns out not to be what we want, after all.

And, finally, I just read in an old Microsoft Access database into my free copy of Open Office Base, which means I can modify it and play around without having to ship Mr. Gates and his cronies any money. I got the latest version from the Open Office free download site, here. It's really an excellent product.

Overall, pretty cool.