This morning, after arriving at the Metro station closest to my office and climbing the escalator (I need exercise, what can I say?) to the platform closest the street, I noticed something that you don't hear very often in downtown DC: Swimming through the air thanks to the odd accoustics of the Metro station above the sound of the traffic was music. Live music, replete with the little vibratos and imperfections that come with playing the same particular instrument for many years for hours on end. Pan pipes, a wooden flute, bass, and a drum machine.

After going topside again …

The Reverend Magdalene was not, in fact, able to regain custody of her child on 8 January 2007 because the court put a last-minute halt on the change of custody order. The legal stay will remain in place until May of 2007, it appears.