Dinner and the company were wonderful, and I must share the observations about the differences from just a few years ago. The meatloaf and fries (I was suddenly in the mood for fries over the mashed) and spinach were wonderful, the hot fudge pudding cake was obscenely delicious in spite of its downsizing, and I indulged in non-diet Cokes and coffee...to which I probably owe the success of a safe trip home which -- are you sitting down? -- included a 20-minute detour around an accident or something that had transpired on the Saw Mill Parkway.