when the world was new

"Let me show you something that will make you feel young as when the world was new."

I just came back from a late-night showing of "The Wrath of Khan".
Good to see it again.

the quite present absence

"There once was a man who shot someone for snoring."

That was one of the gags on MST3K during its glory days. (Yes, Sue and I were disciples of Joel.) I think the source was one of those Time-Life books about the Wild West. Good thing he wasn't in my house today because I spent two hours sleeping in an upright position, waking up very briefly and only when I'd start snoring.

That being said... It'd appear that I wasn't the only inhabitant of our home to feel the effects of sleep deficit today.