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So, until now, my favorite unintentionally appropriate law case was Loving vs. Virginia, the case that struck down miscegenation laws against interracial marriage in the U.S.

But now, the Craig scandal has unearthed another, even better one. According to Idaho law, solo masturbation within an enclosed restroom stall is legally protected behavior. The name of the 1990 case that established this precedent? State vs. Limberhand.

In other news, today I was very glad I was born a girl. It was Mac's 1-year-checkup, and in order to get a urine sample they had to thread a spaghetti-sized catheter tube up his genitals. For once, I'm glad to have the waste disposal system I do. He also had 1 shot in each leg and two big tubes of blood drawn, so he looks rather like a war victim. Poor little boy. He is, for the record, still at the 97th percentile in height (32.5 inches), 50th in weight (almost 24 lbs), and 75thish in head circumference.

Hey, way too many people I know,

For the past several months, I've repeatedly been waking up with the fourth and fifth fingers of my right hand very stiff; it's painful to bend them at all. After a shower and some time awake, the sensation mostly disappers, although they still feel tense.

Is this tendonitis? Should I be worried? Does this sound familiar at all?

I think the worst thing about growing older (echoing foldedfish today, though he's got a few more grey hairs than I do) is the whole "body not working as well as it used to" problem. I can't manage as well on little sleep, my lower back hurts, I find picking up my baby (admittedly, he's 24 lbs) to be quite heavy . Thankfully, I still have my vaunted endurance and pain tolerance, so I can manage, but it was so much easier when I could abuse my body willy-nilly, ten years ago or so.

I remember back in Quest, when folks were playing older characters, we used to look vaguely silly adding penciled-in laugh lines and crow's eyes and putting baby powder or spray on our hair. Now there are a bunch of folks, including likely myself, who I'd hesitate to cast as a child or young teenager character. Faking grey hair, meanwhile, is less of a problem.