Right about now, over there in the Netherlands, a princess of that country is get­ting a sur­prise birthday party thrown for her by the other var­ious Crown Heads of European coun­tries. As part of the fes­tiv­i­ties, my sister’s dance com­pany will be per­forming, with my sister in a big role. Yay! This is a bit of a come­back for sisty, who has been down with injuries for a while and has been sol­diering through phys­ical rehab with the kind of will that my only sister and a few fic­tional action heroes can pull out. So here’s hoping her knee is doing okay. After the per­for­mance the dance com­pany is to mingle with the Crown Heads, who report­edly number into the low hundreds.

(note that I have with­held this blog post until evening Netherlands time so as not to ruin the surprise.)