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Someday I will need to compile a list of all the horrible puns used to title mystery novels.
A few of my favorites:

Hell hath no curry
No nest for the wicket (croquet theme)
The hounds and the fury

I also find it astounding how many mystery series with cutesy themes there are. The same author has two mystery series, one about tea shops and one about scrapbooking. Are these bought by the same people who read all the terrible horse fiction in the library when they were young?

Oh, fsh. The scrotum thing is on "Wait, wait." We are officially Done with this. I am, however, pleased that the library has delivered the book to me at last; it looks good.

Ongoing car woes

As I was driving around Durham, just about to turn into the parking lot across from the great bookstore, dessert place, and sandwich place-- I stopped being able to steer. It just completely gave out. Fortunately I was close enough to the parking lot that I could just sort of edge it in there and parked it badly, diagonally, across three parking spaces; fortunately I had my phone charged and credited with money, so I called AAA and got it towed; fortunately it was just the serpentine belt, which shouldn't set me back too badly. But I took the car in two months ago; if the serpentine belt was worn, shouldn't they have caught that? Particularly since it could've been Real Bad if I'd been on the highway instead of downtown?