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On Tuesday night I wound up with assorted party leftovers from Saturday night's multiple-birthday party. Among the leftovers was a bag of S&Ms. I'm guessing that about three fourths of the folks reading this knows what that means, but I figured I'd use this as an excuse to spread the meme to the rest...

I dunno about different names for candies in different countries, but here we have two types of candy that look remarkably similar: M&Ms have colourful glossy candy shells around little pellets of chocolate, and Skittles have colourful glossy candy shells around little pellets of chewy fruit-flavoured stuff. M&Ms have little 'M's on them and Skittles have little 'S's on them. So if you mix the two together in a bowl, you have party candy and a titilating pun in one swell foop: a bowl of S&Ms.

(As far as I know, this practice started at parties for BDSM-folk -- what, ten years ago, I think? -- but hey, it's a cute pun for anyone who knows that particular term, whether they're actually into it or not...)

Now to go find a bag of Skittles in a grocery store and read the ingredients -- I don't remember off the top of my head whether they contain stuff I don't eat...

"I'd *never* bet against [simlaril]" (actually used one of her other names) -- another musician commenting on Silmaril's ability to handle difficult performing situations, including having to play solo when a band is really called for.

(Darned lucky you're on our team!)

Okay, so Monday night / Tuesday morning I slept a little, in one-hour chunks. The only sleep I got on Wednesday was about a hundred minutes in the afternoon -- not enough to count, really. Did make it to rehearsals Tuesday (3LF) and Wednesday (HCB), but was extremely sleepy driving home last night. (I did stay after rehearsal to watch an episode of Angel that I'd failed to get on tape, and the one after it. I think I'm only four episodes behind, now, but I'm not sure. Given how sleepy I was in the car, maybe I shouldn't have watched the second one.)

This morning I got ten hours straight. Needed, and an improvement over the past few days. But not quite enough, so I'm hoping I get decent sleep tonight. (Failed nap attempt a few hours ago.) The two big issues right now are: feel well enough tomorrow to get some must-do-now errands taken care of, and be up for three performances over the weekend. ( Thrir Venstri Foetr ('Three Left Feet') at Marching Through Time both afternoons, and The Homespun Ceilidh Band at the Greenbelt Arts Center Saturday evening.)

I'm gonna be so tired Saturday night. I wonder whether I'll have the energy to deal with going to my mother's house Sunday night to see if my brother is up to helping me with my leaking radiator...

If anybody reading this who doesn't already know me in person comes to either gig, introduce yourself. I'll be wearing medieval garb and playing recorder and guitar at Marching Through Time (the other person matching that description will probably be wearing a brown hat with a brim; I'll be wearing a blue cap with silver lines in it). And I'll be the guitarist in a kilt at the HCB concert.

(I don't have to tell the folks who do know me to say hello, do I? ;-) No web page for the Greenbelt Arts Center as far as I know [Update: GAC has a web site now after all (wonder how long that's been there).] -- call (301) 441-8770 to reserve seats; I think it's $8 for students and seniors and $10 for everyone else. Marching Through Time is $5/$2.)