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I'm so looking forward to Birka.

It's the one time of year when I can go into a bar and anticipate that I will know almost everyone there, and the rest are about one degree of separation. My own little Cheers - everybody knows my name. The pub at Birka is homey.

Then there's court, where good things will be given to good people by a good Crown. And of course Shopping! And hot tub, if I can find time - though I'm usually the only one there Sunday before breakfast.

Today's vocabulary lesson

"unfavorable variance" = {shortfall or deficit}