Back in the rain

Just returned from a really, really restful week in Tucson. I brought back with me:

• A bit of gadget lust for the father's-in-law new big-screen LCD tv.
• A new desire to sleep in every day.
• The realization that it really does rain once in a while in Tucson. (And the mountains get a very pretty frosting of snow)
• A new author to praise: Vernor Vinge. This was a boingboing recommendation.

And we got back early enough today to still enjoy a full weekend at home. I did promise to straighten up the basement, and I'm hoping to get in a good bit of thesis work as well. L brought a cold back with her. Hopefully she doesn't share it.

Spent the afternoon at the Goat catching up on spam deletion and listserv reading. Lots of great stuff--maybe there will be a link dump post this weekend as well.