it is raining here like a motherfucker; my bad gimpy knee has ached for days. should we be glad we are no longer in the northeast, getting snowed on? and gosh, i really need to read this hornblower stuff you're always tooting about. the canon, i mean; i read your fics and they're delightful in the way your writing always is, but i have no idea what the shit is happening. time to troll the directory!