Well, I had an interesting day. I had a great day with C and Z. We rode bike all over town with the new tandem Burley bike trailer. I love summer.

I also managed to offend a friend. (Which I feel quite bad about.) Incidentally, I had different a friend offend me. And I think I offended him right back, but I wanted to. (And I don't feel bad about that one, at least, not right now. (Watch it come back to haunt me.))

I've always been fascinated by non-verbal communication. Sometimes you can see things pass across the room even though only a few words are exchanged. It's clear what's going on. I'll give you an innocuous example. E and I know each other very well. We've been together for over 10 years now. So I'll say something like, "I was thinking of [doing/buying something]." To which she'll reply something like, "Yeah...we can't really afford that right now." Message recieved. An entire discussion has taken place that involves our larger financial picture. It's amazing. I won't even argue because I know the full weight of her statement and I know she's right.

There was some of that going on tonight. Lot's of signals flying around the room. And everyone knew what was going on. Everyone involved anyway. Message recieved.