Make sure you wish Grey Kitten a happy birthday by visiting his website. He is the co-creator and the artist for Intrepid Adventure, which he assures me makes more sense if you understand live-action role playing games.

In addition to being a talented artist and writer, he is one of my two bestest friends in the whole wide world. I’ve now known him for nearly half my years and it would be impossible to imagine my life without him in it.

Happy Birthday, Grey Kitten!

After a start-and-stop work week, I’m ready for two consecutive days off. I’m hopeful this weekend’s activities will include:

• Finishing the Knitting World Cup tank top before the end of the France-Italy game — and enjoying some soccer as I do
• Attending Phillip’s “I’m headed to Iraq for two months” be-back-soon party
• Making it down to the Mall for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
• Baking cherry cobbler
• Hitting the farmers’ market for more berries and for the first corn on the cob
• Watching Pirates of the Caribbean
• Fitting in a bike ride
• Visiting Politics and Prose to do some more shopping

I might try to fit in Butterstick’s birthday party at the National Zoo on Sunday as well, but I haven’t yet made up my mind. It probably depends on how many tourists I have to battle down on the Mall tomorrow.