Woke up, and that means...

...I've survived another trip 'round the sun.

[UPDATE]

The day started out nice, and keeps getting better. A faire merchant with which I placed an order in September and haven't heard from since - despite multiple messages left on an answering machine and a couple letters - finally called today. Not only am I going to get what I ordered (a pair of tights for I was actually measured, for once) but I should be getting two pair rather than just the one. I didn't ask for that - I just wanted what I ordered, and would have appreciated notification of any problems earlier - so they're certainly putting things right. If things go as claimed, I should be wearing a pair at the Waterloo faire at the end of the month. Huzzah!

[Addendum: I got only the one pair, and despite the measuring, they tend to be loose. Naturally, I will not be giving any more business to someone.]

New toy...

Got a couple cards in the mail. Typical family humor, bad puns and twisted humor. Various wishes from folks around the net, too. And Jay got supper. And I now have a pair of noise-cancelling headphones.

It's interesting to hear/not hear them work. I can switch them on and the sound of the computer fans (mostly) disappears. Jay's voice seems to change, gets more... telephonic. The low end of all sounds gets knocked out. Makes for odd sounding coughing, and the crinkle of opening a candy wrapper, for example, is rather different.

The only downside is that it seems to enhance what hum there is in my soundcard/speakers. It may be interesting to try it on other things, like a dedicated CD player or tape player.

Heh, phone rings sound weird too.