Many thanks to my good friend Daniel Priest for sending me this reassuring image on the eve of my surgery.

9:00am is when I go to the hospital. I’ll post on my well-being as soon as I’m lucid enough to do so, which, since I’m having general anaesthesia, might be a bit. Though it’s supposed to be a minor surgery, prayers are still welcome from those of you who incline in that direction. Post-operative pizzas will be welcome from the rest of you. And nachos. And deep-fried cheese, baaaaybeeee!