I have come up with a business plan.

Yup, it's all worked out.  I'm going to open an Italian-themed steakhouse.

I'm going to call it Cow Bella....

Oyez, oyez, oyez.

Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye.

There is no longer a hole in my toe.

(At this point, I'm supposed to mumble a bunch of stuff no-one can quite make out, before loudly proclaiming "God Save the Queen!" and moving on to the next street.  But never mind all that.)  Anyway, provided I don't develop still another abscess, this should mean I'm finally out of the woods as far as this toe goes.  This may or may not mean I'm completely in the clear with this foot; my little toe is trying to twist and curl under the one next to it again, and we may yet have to work on that toe again or fuse it straight like the others.

We'll see, I guess.

For those who don't read ehintz

An article recently published in Scientific American describes a lot of unexpected ecologically positive results to reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone.  The short version is, since the wolves were re-introduced, Yellowstone is becoming healthier and richer.

So. I am interviewed.

I promise I'll come down off the walls Real Soon Now.  What, nervous?  Who, me?  This one's with Google, for a sysadmin position in Mountain View.  Not really the direction we'd prefer to be moving, but, hell... it's Not Here.