Things I am grateful for, today
1. My bike, the Wumpus; an unsexy but very serviceable road-bike bought for me by Amy during a mental-health week in spring of 2007, and just now admirably restored to fighting trim by Revolution Cycles, after normal wear-and-tear and also a fascinating incident where I didn't realize quite how worn my brakes were and had a very hard time stopping crossing Odana Road while coming back from the Wild West End one night in early July; thus pulling back hard on the handlebars, thus snapping a delicate plastic part of my front shifter.
2. Our local pub, the Alchemy Cafe, with its civilized ambience, good beer, and decent food.
3. This:

which bears viewing in large size, that the fine spiderweb can be seen. I saw this while wandering along the bike-path out back of Revolution Cycles waiting for it to open, and it was just awe-inspiring in a way I am far too tired, after 12 hours of testing software, to put into words. But, well - thanks, world.