The holiday weekend went well, with lots of cleaning, cooking out, and relaxing being done. We saw the new X-Men flick (grade: B+), cooked out at Mom’s place twice (really excellent chicken, btw), grilled out at a friend’s place in Wake Forest (great steaks, and an *awesome* dessert), got Taryn a new helmet for riding the motorcycle (IT ROCKS… pics to follow), gathered my new wardrobe of really nice golf shirts (bday gifts from Mom… *Thanks*!), mowed the grass, trimmed the hedge (at the apartments), cleaned the apartment (Taryn, not me), joined a new gym (I *will* be trim by fall), and threw a mighty fine birthday cocktail party for me (once again, Taryn, not me). The party was really well attended by lots of good friends and I want to take a second to A) thank Taryn for doing all the work and throwing the party for me, and B) thank all our friends who came to hang out with us for the evening! THANK YOU!!! All told, it was a darn good weekend… and now it’s back to the grindstone. With a short week, I have to find a way to get 6 days of work done in 4 days. Fun!

But His Laughter Was A Mask