Expect musings on Paradise Lost here later. Mmmm. Good.

Also, this may come to a surprise to any of you that have met or heard about my crazy sailboat granny, but I discovered that both she and my awesome grandfather are staunch supporters of our current president, while still being avid environmentalists (think: stephen maturin-type naturalist) and supporters of gay couples having all the same marriage rights as hetero couples, however that gets defined. O_O yeah, that's what I said too. side note: aside from giving me lots of food for thought, I have not lost an ounce of respect for either of them. If anything, I have more.

that is all for now.