14,000 Things to be Happy About

Our long national nightmare is over-- the crazy bum who's been living in our garage has been taken away in the back of an A2 squad car, having been reported by the owner of the house next door.

The only wrinkle is that one of my roommates ran into the bum two nights ago, when he was looking for the owner of the house next door's cat... I guess it's better not to think about the likely conclusion of that subplot.