Joshua Burton (if memory serves) asks:

By the way, has anyone seriously looked into how the thoughtless overuse of placebos in double-blind research studies dilutes their genuine value in therapeutic contexts?

And shouldn’t the plural of placebo be placebimus?

I’m back from two weeks of visiting Dad in Carolina. Hope to have a photograph or two shortly.

Oops, my mailbox quota was filled up Tuesday morning, so if you’ve sent me something since then, please repeat it.