Two corrections

1. Rich has a point. I have been slacking a little on my blogs, although what I've wanted to do is organize the archives. I just haven't gotten 'round to it yet, nor to a lot of other posts that I do want to write.

2. My father points out that he was the second-last person to buy a cell phone — I, apparently, am the last — so he is not the best example of Gadget-pox. I should note that he observed this after I made breakfast using a new waffle-iron.