Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

I know the subject line is a fact: my new 2008-09 school planner tells me so.

Which is to say that I have safely arrived at school, gotten myself hooked up to the Internet, and not missed any classes yet. (Classes haven’t actually started yet, so missing them would be quite a feat, but I’m sure I could manage it somehow.)

Safely arrived with me is Sarah Jane, my new external HD. She represents a break with my previous trend of naming appliances after Red Dwarf characters: my last HD was Kochanski; my first laptop was Lister, which imploded and was replaced by Camille.

Naturally, this happens right at the time that we learn a new Dwarf special is in the works. (Scroll down half a dozen points; squee accordingly.)