The Loot
As I always write when emailing my birthday & Christmas wish lists, love is best expressed through material possessions. The following list is of the gifts I received from my family on the occasion of my thirty-second birthday.

{Literature}
Steve Matchett, Life in the Fast Lane: The Inside Story of Benetton's First World Championship (Mom & Dad)

{Television Series on D.V.D.}
Burn Notice—Season Four (Mom & Dad)
Castle—The Complete First Season (The L.A.W. & Brother-in-L.A.W.)
Castle—The Complete Second Season (The L.A.W. & Brother-in-L.A.W.)

{Music on C.D.}
The Proclaimers, Persevere* (Where's Teddy?)
They Might Be Giants, Join Us (Mom & Dad)
"Weird Al" Yankovic, Alpocalypse (Mom & Dad)

{Miscellany}
Gift certificate for new running shoes for Objective SCHWEDEN (Where's Teddy?)
ticket to a screening of Captain America: The First Avenger & a bag of Reece's Pieces (Where's Teddy?)
antique "Official Shaver Permit" button (Where's Teddy?)

*I've been asking for Persevere, for both birthdays & Christmas, for years, as many as four or five. Wish lists cannot be too long lest the list's author be thought an overly greedy sod, & I've thought about giving the slot perennially occupied by Persevere to another gift, one that had not been passed over again & again, but every time I did I beheld the album's title & knew I could do no less than persevere.

Project PANDORA
I have a date with The Redhead on Saturday. The plan is to catch a movie & get a drink afterward. I should probably spend less time daydreaming about her very long legs.

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
"Weird Al" Yankovic, "Party in the C.I.A." from Alpocalypse (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: What a perfect song for a day that saw so much interaction betwixt Michael Westen & the bureaucrats of the C.I.A. on Burn Notice. Also, this will be the strangest addition to my iTunes playlist titled "Spy." (To my credit, I was never tempted to make the awful joke of calling "Party in the C.I.A." "the weirdest addition….")