[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Maestro! It's great to see you back in the saddle!

I keep hoping against hope that one of these magnificent scions would take some of the burden off my shoulders.

Oh, well!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Publius]

I'm trying to keep the burden off my abdominal muscles this weekend. I'll be back at the microphone next weekend.

The surgeon did my hernia operation to the background music of Schubert's Quartet in D minor, better known as the "Death and the Maiden" Quartet. I fell asleep by the time they got to the finale. The surgeon said I snored through most of the procedure.