Do I live in America? I just had a major new filling put in a molar and the dentist told me to take Tylenol or Advil for a couple of days to ease the inflammation. "What do you take for headaches?" he said. "I don't get headaches." Then I realized I haven't owned any aspirin, Tylenol, or Advil in over a year, since Groupie McWoodstock, DDS, extracted a tooth over a year ago. Somethin', huh? So now I get to go shopping...

By the way, this guy's good--my eyeball's still numb.

Made my first batch of ham salad today, and it was terrific, even with turkey ham, and easy:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Winter-Blossoms-Often-Requested-Ham-Salad/Detail.aspx

And in other kitchen updates, my downstairs neighbor is moving to Amsterdam and selling all her stuff. I bought two window air conditioners, an OXO salad spinner that sucks onto the counter top, and for the first time in three and a half years, I own a microwave!

I planned to post a picture of a window of the building behind me, because there are clothes piled up over most of it, so I think it's one of them hoarder situations. But my camera hasn't got enough zoom.