I also look forward to reading more of your stuff. I need lots of humor in my life to compensate for the crushing weight of existence.

Speaking of volcanic ash, one time I was moving apartments and had loaded up my car with ALL of my stuff. I went to cram in one more item, and it bumped a fire extinguisher that I'd packed in earlier. Unbeknownst to me the fire extinguisher's safety ring had slipped out. The aforementioned bump set the thing off, and I watched helplessly as the entire interior of my car was swiftly covered in a layer of very fine fire extinguisher dust. It took hours to clean everything, and some of my luggage still has that dust in it.

I imagine living through a volcanic eruption is sort of like that, except maybe a bit more dangerous.