here's to hoping my camera gets shipped from the Delaware warehouse/fulfillment center

after 48 hours of comprehensive first-hand experimentation, I can confirm that checking the Amazon "where's my stuff?" order summary does not, in fact, help it get sent out sooner.

'tis a shame. 

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Pearls Before Breakfast, from Sunday's Washington Post.

If you haven't read it yet, do.  It's fantastic and worth the time.