I Like to Think of Them As "Early Birthday Presents to Myself"

Just got a big ol' box from Amazon, containing, among other goodies, the latest set of Farscape discs, season 4 of Buffy, and, yes, the new Harry Potter book (which I figure I have to read soon, just so I can have a conversation that doesn't involve me shouting, "I haven't read it yet! Don't tell me how it ends!"). Man, now I'm feeling the sudden urge to call in sick again... Maybe for a week or so.