BLOGGER, the page-generation service I’m using to update this site, has been working at less than optimal efficiency this night. Not only are Net connections swamped worldwide, but many Blogger users are, like me, trying to post many updates. I’ve still got my regular FTP access to the Speakeasy servers, and can use that as a backup means.

ARTS AND LETTERS DAILY bears the simple masthead statement: “JESUS WEPT.”

MORBID ASIDE #5: There’s no knowing when baseball games will resume, and whether all the games canceled would be rescheduled. It might be that once the Mariners clinch the AL West title (just two Seattle wins or Oakland losses away), the Major League Baseball honchos would simply let the canceled M’s games remain canceled. Thus, the team might not get to try for the all-time best regular season record in baseball history, which it was on a pace to break.