Exactly one week has passed since I asked for your help. And you delivered. Thank you. Here is how things have unfolded.

• I will not be cleansing any time soon. I really did enjoy the other times that I did this, but I am too concerned about my gums receding again. And that’s the only reason. I was actually looking forward to not eating anything for 10 whole days and greeting each morning with a lukewarm saltwater flush. I may still undertake some sort of a raw vegetable diet. I just really miss that cleansed feeling.
• Now that I’ve finished The Sopranos, I have filled my commutes with a combination of The IT Crowd (not as good as the second season, but still good for a laugh), State of Play (very well-made and intense drama), and Stephen Fry in America (it’s refreshing to get an outsider’s view of the country – and an eloquent one at that). Now that I’ve finished The IT Crowd, I’ll soon be picking up Firefly again after only seeing three episodes. So many programs, so few commutes to the office.
• In the end, I whittled my choices for a new camera down to two. The exact models weren’t important – I was choosing between an utlra-compact slip-in-your-jeans-pocket camera and a slightly larger but with a better lens and manual control prosumer camera. After reading countless reviews and forum posts, I found myself choosing between the exquisite Canon PowerShot SD880 IS and the robust Canon PowerShot G10. I struggled with this decision for most of the past week, violently swinging from one camera to the other on a daily basis. Until I read a review by Ken Rockwell that totally convinced me. I’ll be picking up my new SD880 sometime this week.
• Thanks mostly to the expansive reach of Facebook, I received many suggestions regarding a name for our new little boy. They were as follows (in no particular order): Zachary, Juan, Oberon, Wolfgang, Weenis, Pubert, Humphrey, Ricky, Sue, Percivil, Rosa, Barack, Murphy, Matthew, Joseph, Edward, Moon Unit, Elmo, Javier, Jordi, Thomas, Antonio, Pancho, Samuel, Max, Daniel, Issac, Oscar, and Bruno. I am no closer to a decision on this one than I was last week but, after all those suggestions, I will probably start avoiding some of my friends. I want something that’s neither too common nor too off-the-wall. We’re at four weeks and counting so I’d better start cranking out some spreadsheets and fast.