5 Things Make a post!

I've had a bunch of ramdom thoughts in my head for vague-long time, now --each being too random (and/or silly and/or short) to make a post of their own. But I now have a collection:

( 1) We're living in a musical! )

(Actually, I realized, after I wrote it out, this next one was neither random, silly, or short. But at the time I was originally going to post it, I got so discouraged, I shoved it to the back of my mind and forgot about it, until now)

( 2) I wanted to squee about a television episode about Justice, but... )

( 3) And then I found that someone gave a comment I made on a YouTube vid months ago a positive review, and my mood improved again. )

This one is short enough to leave outside a cut.

4) I learned, yesterday, that a newly edited edition of Elias Hicks' Journal has been published. And in the review of this Journal, it was mentioned that his children were disabled (but it didn't say how). And now, I'm kind of itching to buy the book, even though I don't have room in my house for any more permanent editions to my book collection. And I have far too many books still on my "To-be-read" pile. Oh, well.

Elias Hicks was a nineteenth century Quaker who was instrumental in the split of the religiion into two main "sects." He also painted those Peaceable Kingdom paintings; this version is one I've lived with all my life.

( 5) Now that it's 2010, it's time for the U.S. census to start (PSA; ASL )