One might well suppose that the two items to follow are related—specifically, that the latter drove the declaration of the former—but I assure you this is not the case.

Item the first: I've been utterly infatuated with the British actress Jessica Raine for nearly a fortnight, since the initial broadcast of the Doctor Who episode "Hide." I would die happy if the last thing I heard was her speaking the word, "girl."



Item the second: There is a time & a place, more personal than physical, perhaps, when nothing in all the world tastes better than a gin & tonic. Gin!