joyce was released from the hospital thursday afternoon after a 3 day stay.
tonight I picked just sixty-seven cents, but I also scored this near the pumps at a gas station:

someone lost their bike lock... and it was not locked, which made discovering the combination very easy, mostly because the first two numbers were still dialed in. I only had to find out the last two, which I did in under a minute. so I have a 'new' bike lock, which is excellent. I have been wanting to replace one of my old ones for months. once I had found the right combination, I WD40'd the thing and now it's like new.

that's an expensive lock, too. double-A+ good, that. nice find.