Note to the Laundry Hamper Manufacturers of the World: I'm sure I'm not the only person who has three weeks of underwear on hand for the sole purpose of being able to delay doing laundry as long as possible. Could you kindly take this into account and manufacture hampers that will hold an according amount of laundry? Thanks.

Went out to see Copenhagen with Angie, Brian and Christine. It was a really good show, but not of the "I laughed, I cried, it was better than Cats" variety. It's about the meeting, during World War II, between theoretical physicists Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr. Sounds like a laugh a mintue, right? It's actually incredibly engaging, as they debate the morality of The Bomb, the ramifications of a partnership, German treatment of Jewish scientists (one of the ironies of the war is that Hitler wanted the bomb, but his policies drove out the mostly Jewish German scientific community that could have produced it) and occupied territories, and much more. The staging is stark and stripped down, there's only three characters and only a few sound and light effects, so you're really forced to grapple with these ideas. Go see it, if you have the chance.

Unfortunatly, we were apparently sitting inthe TB ward, as I have never heard that many coughing fits in my life. Plus, I think the women bhind us were expecting something closer to Cats, as they were singularly unimpressed. Sigh.

I finally went shopping to replace my tools and such. There's a new Home Depot opened up near us -- ahhh, Home Depot -- but I found a surprising number of things at Target for less money. Go Target. I also got sucked into buying a rice cooker at CostCo. that may be returned, upon reflection. I have no idea when I will next be called upson to make 10 cups of rice.

On the upside, I also got a vegetable steamer, which is one of the coolest kitchen implements ever. It's like a collapable flying saucer thing. Dude.