Personal Note: Hey, Mr. O'Meara!

Are you still reading this blog? Because your doppelgänger showed up for Mass yesterday, and I only twigged when he didn't unlimber a bowed psaltery with a hand-knitted pad of the appropriate liturgical color. But it did remind all of us that we miss you -- don't be such a stranger, 'kay? Drop us the occasional email or something ...

Yes, I am yelling into the ether in hope of a response. Because a lot of contact information got lost or scrozzled when I moved ...

Fandom: In a world ruled by Mad Science (poorly!) ...

I have no idea who these people are or whether their newest product line is any good, but I'm a little unnerved that one of their fragrances, Nize Hat ("Because a nize hat deserves a nize scent, ja. Remember, however, that 'nice' compares to 'nize' the way a pleasant day by the sea compares to conquering that sea at the head of a flotilla of mighty clockwork sharks. We do not use "nize" lightly, oh no. This is a nize scent.") is unavailable "[d]ue to component issues." I don't want to know. Really.