poprocz: hey, if you have any helix singles you don't want, i'd be happy to trade off with you. i love those thangs. 🙂 sorry they weren't to your liking, tho. :/
smelly: sounds like excellent b-day fare!
cayman: amen. haven't had a VSG yet, but i have one in the humi; i'll try it on a Special Occasion(tm), and it WILL be a treat.
as for moi, had the wife's delicious chicken tetrazini and then sat outside under the full moon and had a small campfire featuring some yum-smelling piñon wood atop the usual oak fare. good fire, good dinner, good company (wifey) who sang some lovely songs while i enjoyed my first Flor de Olivia cameroon -- *quite* a tasty cigar, that! (thanks, azn!).