(1) A thoroughly good evening may well include (a) an impromptu paso doble/flamenco danced in a Japanese restaurant as the chef beats out a rhythm with a fork and a metal pepper shaker, (b) flying attack shrimp, courtesy of the very same chef, and (c) exorbitant amounts of laughter.

(2) UDelaware is frickin' awesome. Yes, yes, it is. So much interest have they in me and I in them! Hurrah.