Good morning, everyone! Ah, it's so nice to see sunlight outside for a change. I saw X-Men 2 last night with a bunch of good friends, and it was a wild ride indeed. I actually can't say that I liked it more or less than the first one, because to me it seemed like a continuation of the first one. Both were really splendid.

My office is a ghost town today -- I think I just saw a tumbleweed -- because all but 3 of us are out. I strongly considered bringing my dog to the office today (which I've never done before, but there are 2 other dogs in other offices in the building that show up regularly) and I think my co-workers would have accepted it but I didn't want to be a pest. I just felt badly about not seeing Bailey the border collie for very long yesterday. She's a sensitive pooch.