Aphorism for the day:
Whenever God takes away a ferret cage, he sends eleven cases of Jagermeister promotional material to fill the void.
On that note I will add that I will not draw any conclusions about whether or not the new blood pressure meds are making me depressed. (Flat and affectless, yes. "Oh," was about all I could say as the UPS man approached the door with a dolly of boxes. So maybe the beta-blockers aren't such a bad thing...)