And with the close of the weekend, a festive week of birthday celebrations reaches its conclusion. Almost. Since Cookie's birthday was on Saturday, he can still bring in treats for his little first-grade pals. So we'll be stopping at the Dunkin Do-nots on the way to school to pick up a couple dozen for this class. WTF, does he go to school with a bunch of civil servants? What ever happened to Betty Crocker cupcakes with the sloppy frosting and the infuriating paper that throws crumbs onto your lap as you peel it off the bottom?

The schools seem to frown on homemade stuff these days... Too many friggin' lawyers.

Yesterday I dug up the area around my lawn light, intending to find the faulty wire connection that has kept my lamp unlit since I moved in. I dug all the way to the bottom of the post, felt around in the rocky clay and could find no wire. Finally I decided to the just yank the thing out and remount it after fixing the wiring. But when I lifted the post from the ground it came out unemcumbered by any wire. Piece of crap -- I chiseled the post wire out of the concrete base of the lamp-post. Still haven't found the live wire that runs under the lawn to feed it.

I guess that'll be my project for this evening.