We Interrupt This Period of Silence to Say

That my migraine is currently at the level that it is even hard to read. But this is not a blatant ploy for pity—in fact, without even trying I've dumped so much self-pity on the market that the need has been swamped and the dollar of self-respect has actually sunk lower than the Canuck dollar, although they still have to pay more for the overpriced books that I'm not reading (assuming that they follow the prices printed on the covers).