The love is real! Thank you all kindly.
I spent most of the day trying to fix a rather irritating knock in the Golf, but Crystal and I went out for a nice lunch when I could drag myself away from the car for a couple of hours. She got me some lovely, little "homely" items to spruce up my office, as well as the complete twelve-volume collection of "History of Middle-Earth", which I hope to have the time to devour some time soon.