One Ring Zero are doing a CD of songs with lyrics by writers of books and such. Up on their website for the as yet untitled CD at http://home.infi.net/~urbngeek/authorproject.htm you can hear a little of some of the songs they've done so far -- including one by Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket).

A Dell repair man came today and replaced a bit of plastic with a crack in it on my notebook computer. He also broke the keyboard. He'll be back tomorrow with a new keyboard.

Your correspondent continues to convalesce.