Short, profusely-hyperlinked notes:
A happy trip to Powell's. First, to the Technical Book store, to get this book, "PHP and MySQL Web Development" by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson. Then, off to the main book store to get this book, "The Headless Ghost" by consummate pot-boiler R.L. Stine, for Alexandra. And then we trotted back hand-in-hand to the Technical Book store again, to get Space Mucus. In all this sidewalking twixt bookstores, Alex ordered that we were to stomp decisively on all the fallen autumn leaves afoot. On the last block she got tired of that, and instructed that while I should continue on leaf-squashing duty, she would switch back to her standard practice of Not Treading On Cracks. One block short of our destination, I'd caught the eye of a large chap coming towards us -- he smiled at us in a completely warm and natural way, and I smiled back likewise. It struck me that he was very likely jealous.

Quick lunch, then a trip solo across town to go See a Man About a Dog. On the way home this evening, a great chat with Jane and Bill Campbell.