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Happy day! It's cretkid's birthday. Also, the farmer's market in Nathan Philips Square is back for the summer.

Did an hour of housework (well, it mostly consisted of tidying the living room and sweeping a bazillion dead flower petals off the floor, but that totally counts) this morning. I think I could get used to that -- start your morning off productively, return to a clean house. Yep.

Also closed all the windows and blinds and curtains I could. We'll see if that keeps the place any cooler than yesterday because dear GOD it was hot when I got home.

Watched my tape of last week's Dr. Who and suffered a moment of absolute panic when I got to the end and it wasn't this week's Dr. Who, despite the fact that I had SEEN it taping when I got in. Luckily it turned out to be on the tape, just an hour later. Great two-parter; I liked Nancy a lot.

And now to work. Book club tonight.

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in head-explodey news... World O'Crap takes on a proposal to dismantle the FDA, because it kills people by not approving drugs fast enough and anyway big government bureacracies are inefficient.

I love World O'Crap.

mmmmm

Met stilldeepwater for lunch in Nathan Philips Square (hot dogs! So bad for us. So tasty). Bought asparagus, red peppers, tomatoes, and apples. Also went a little nuts on herbs: bought a planter containing parsley, rosemary, chives and thyme, which I'm hoping will fit in the wire holder on my balcony, and also a basil plant and a lavender plant, which I'm just hoping I don't kill in a week. A nice big terracotta pot might be a good solution, although the raccoons might just think their salad was more nicely presented than usual. (Did I mention I've found raccoon poop on the balcony? I've found raccoon poop on the balcony.)

I need a sunhat if I'm going to do much of that.

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I have just spent the afternoon doing data entry for a section on palliative care for dying children. I wasn't even writing it -- just coming up with keywords is depressing. Can I go home now?