yip! yip! yip! yip!  Spring is coming!  Spring is coming! Spring is coming I can feel it I can smell it the sunlight is changing and the days are getting longer and the daffodils are coming and the bugs are starting to buzz again and I'm going to have in-laws very soon happy birthday Mr. Darwin and Abe Lincoln and Adam Boardman I am a magician I am a rabbit and I AM SO EXCITED!  aaiiiiIIIIIIII!

And I just spent all day boring students to death with the history of science and now its the weekend and I don't want to work so I'm settling down on the couch with my doggy and a copy of Jose Saramago's greatest hits.  No, not in the original Portuguese.  Rebecca if this is boring I'm going back to watching the King of Queens.  Or prepping more history of science lessons.  Its like the same thing.  Lavoisier pretty much was a UPS driver until the Jacobins cacked him.

Question for the team: Do I call/email/bother contacting Captain Surly on Saturday (which is also Valentine's Day) to wish him a happy birthday?  Its been over a year now, perhaps I should be supportive of him turning 43? By 43 I mean 32.  Oooh!  A poll!  Take the poll!