Keeping the Dementors Away

I am back in the library today, but I am well-armed this time: I brought a big bar of Cadbury's Royal Dark Chocolate with me, so I am writing stories for you all once again. Yummy! Because of course, as we learned in the Harry Potter books, it's chocolate that keeps the Dementors away, right?

Well, okay, I am taking my meds once again, too.

I am having problems accessing my blog to publish stories for you, so I am writing this entry in a window that I opened yesterday evening before leaving the library, just for this purpose. Hrm, I wonder if this entry will publish? I am starting to think that the ScienceBlogs server needs to be taking my meds because it goes up and down almost as fast as my mood does when I am not medicated.

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