[insert a picture here of a empty CD case]

On my birthday, a friend handed me a gift. A mix CD of an artist—Prefab Sprout. The CD that I had bugged him for the past week about. He labeled it on the outside with a short bday greeting. Inside, he had carefully labeled with the track names.

But…the case was empty with the CD forgotten in the computer.

“Thanks…” I said, laughing. “I think.”