Moonglow, slide that jar of herring over here, please! Barkeep, slide me a fork! Thanks! (And Moonglow, if your quail reference is to Bailey White, I love that essay!)

I haven't wanted to hover too much in here, though I have busied myself by throwing a lot of balls into the air. What I'm really hoping is that catsPHiddle will come by and test out that trapeze gizmo. It has real potential to be the life of the party, so to speak, if she can dance a jig. But since she's not around, maybe I can convince another sucker party-goer to test it out. Just step into the harness and tighten the lines so that it supports your weight and you can walk around the room without aid of a walking implement (like cat's stick). Just watch out for that red button by the bar. It's supposed to disengage the whole contraption, but in practice it seems to launch the harness into the rafters.