In Syracuse, at L.'s mom's house. Lots of chaotic dog action. L. got bitten by her mom's freaked out cat. Just transported the now calm cat to basement where food, water, litter await her. Poor little critter.

Family dynamics in full swing, pretty stressful, less so for me than for others, I'm sure.

Peretz is sitting next to me on the couch while Pickles stalks the house.

Weird upstate NY cable modem doesn't play nice with my wireless router, using the neighbors' Belkin.