I was so irate earlier, I forgot to mention someting important and unrelated...

It's my little sister's birthday today. It may seem overly personal to say this, but she's the best thing my parents' marriage produced and I have no hesitation about saying that publicly. I realize that most readers don't know her and will have to take my word for it, and I hope my mentioning her birthday here doesn't embarrass her, but I do love her to death and wanted to say so.

Happy birthday, Bird. And have a good race this weekend.