Add onto that the number of Wincon people I've friended recently who have not friended me back (people I spoke to and enjoyed), and I feel kind of randomly boring and unlovable. Birthdays tend to bring this out in me anyway, but with the 50th, I think it's worse.
On to less self-pitying things: I wrote a short draft of a story for


Note to self: pay no attention to the shiny world-ending prompt over at

In final randomness, I spotted this over at Amazon.com, which we'll be getting for our daughter. Even if she hates it, and nobody else in the house has a phone it will fit on, just LOOK at it. It's 3 dollars! How can we not buy it? Miiiinions! \o/
All right, back to work. Note the new icon!