The Recently-Closed Cap

Have you ever had the problem of picking up a container of supplements, but don't remember if you had just taken it? Well, I think they should make caps that indicate whether it had just been closed, i.e., you have already taken pill and put down the bottle. I call this the Recently-Closed Cap.

On an unrelated note, the hopelessly cellar-dwelling Boston Celtics acquired Ray Allen from Seattle on draft night and have a deal that will be finalized any minute now that will bring Kevin Garnett from Minnesota. That would be three stars-of-the-franchise who are in their prime -- if late prime -- together in a likewise hopelessly mediocre Atlantic Division; that is obscene.

Certainly some sports writers will soon argue that we have seen this experiment before, that concentrated star power does not translate into automatic championships, citing the Portland Trail Blazers of the early 2000's and the 2003-04 L.A. Lakers, which added Karl Malone and Gary Payton to their championship tandem of Shaq and Kobe. But this is different. Allen and Garnett are two good-natured superstars who can play with Pierce. I think this will work. Danny Ainge's first good move since he took charge in Boston could just revive a franchise that has fallen on hard times since Larry Bird retired, if only for a few seasons before the "aging team" label starts to fly.

What's the word

It appears that my body has a natural cycle for connecting morning and evening sleep-side. With long summer days, this is in fact a crepuscular-nocturnal schedule.

Achievements of the day

1. Got the damages on my car from the damn deer more than two years ago appraised

2. Outlasted two comps in Starcraft (1+ hour)

3. Had a civilized conversation with my mother (1+ hour)

Two headlights, one headlight, no headlights

How can both of my headlights go out three nights apart, the first going the evening of my inspection? Getting it fixed has some urgency now that I essentially can't drive at night, which is essential.