I still will be your shelter through rain and through storm

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Most of this afternoon I spent at the MFA, where I looked at Art Nouveau jewelry and ran into Dora Goss and her daughter Ophelia, who is currently a Chinese T-rex. The rest of the day went to helping install a dehumidifier, which involved recutting shelves, drilling through walls, running cables, messing around with putty and wires, and half-deafening myself. I suppose this means I lead a balanced life.

The tropical humidity has finally given way to a suitably monsoon deluge, although I have yet to notice any gale-force winds. I may curl up and watch Julius Caesar (1953), which I remember fondly from high school and which I taped off TCM last week. At least if the power goes out, I'll have Shakespeare ringing in my ears (along with the actual ringing in my ears) rather than, I don't know, the current political situation?

What means this shouting? I do fear, the people
Choose Caesar for their king.

. . . Right.

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Be careful with the noisy things. I hope your ears are feeling better now.

Hurrah for the MFA and your friend and her charming-sounding daughter.

I spent most of the day in NYC. We toured the catacombs of Old St. Patrick's, got horribly soaked in a through-the-anorak-level downpour/sidepour, and had early dinner/late substantial lunch at a pub named Ulysses. I ordered Smithwicks mostly cos all I could think of was that I desperately wanted beer, wasn't quite trusting of their Guinness, and everything else I saw on tap was IPA, lager, and summery type stuff; didn't realise til too late that they had quite an interesting bottled selection and my first drink was on the uni's tab. Met someone named Alia--didn't get the chance to ask her if she'd been named for the character in Dune.

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Met someone named Alia--didn't get the chance to ask her if she'd been named for the character in Dune.

My middle name is Leah; by pronunciation, it never stopped anyone from asking if I was named for Star Wars, which I was not.

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My middle name is Leah; by pronunciation, it never stopped anyone from asking if I was named for Star Wars, which I was not.

So, your middle name is pronounced Lee-uh, but folk thought you might be named for Princess Leia? Interesting. (And my apologies if I'm miscomprehending you. Am tired.)

I'm guessing that Alia's name is spelt that way--it's the way I'd pronounce St. Alia of the Knife, for whatever that's worth. AH-leea, IOW.

I'll probably wait until I know her better before asking.

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So, your middle name is pronounced Lee-uh, but folk thought you might be named for Princess Leia? Interesting.

No; it's pronounced identically to Leia. But it's not the same name.

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No; it's pronounced identically to Leia.

Oh, I see.

But it's not the same name.

Indeed.

Sorry for misreading you there.