Greta Christina and birthday coughing

Greta Christina on atheism and sexuality is kind of my new hero. I'm not atheist, though not at all religious right now, but the enormous wonder she talks about, of how all our different human mental states and all the life and environment around us happen naturally? I feel that, big time. And her ideas about ethics are good and right. (Link is a video but only listening is really useful; her actual talk is about an hour, and I didn't listen to the questions after.)

For my birthday:

• The cold I've had for a week appears to be bronchitis now, judging by the pain and nastiness of chest-based coughing. Still no apparent bacterial infection, so I'm just waiting it out.
  
• Posts and emails from people, yay!
  
• forthright wrote me a book! Well, my copy of Numerical Notation: A Comparative History came today, at least. It is awesome.
  
• Lab Tech got me a delicious Odwalla C Monster juice to help smite my illness. SO NICE.
  
• Family meals are planned later in the weekend.

Seriously, only one person wants to come to the drag show OR to dinner tomorrow? What are all you Seattle types doing instead?