ah,  i've a birthday coming up....but once one is old enough to be a natural history museum exhibit one tends to not really give birthdays much thought.  anyhoo......hoping friends and family will finally get the hint (think nailing a note into foreheads) that the best course would be give me amazon.com gift cards or buy me shit off my amazon.com wishlist.  that would be kewl!   i mean, really!!

on a sad note, the news feeds are reporting that Whitney Houston has died. Unfortunately, i cannot say this news is a surprise. *sigh*