...she promised we would be there...

It's snowing movie-thick and the weather is getting colder. The day before was perfect skating weather, so we had perfect skating (followed by perfect drinking). Birthday greetings to Matthew, Alex and Daniel.

Too tired for completeness, I'm going to aim for brief:
i) 716 people in Toronto, having found the secret, are better off than I am? Know more than I do? Are on their way?
ii) I let myself say yes to a nintendo date. I will not let myself back out of it (again).
iii) I graduated from moderate to tricky in Sudoku, solved 7 puzzles and then. got. stuck.