A few days ago, I read a post on the blog of the wonderful Justine Larbalestier (of Magic or Madness fame—also wifely partner of Scott Westerfeld, of Midnighters, Specials, So Yesterday . . . they are a power couple).
Anyway, Justine’s post was all about the various con artists who try to lure in people who [...]

So, the other night, I was walking home from yoga class. It had been a particularly hard one. You know it’s not going to be a good night when the first words you hear are, “We’re going to be doing lots and lots of split variations.” This implies many, many splits.
An hour and a half [...]

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
-Douglas Adams
In almost every apartment building I’ve lived in in New York, there’s been a mirrored counter in the lobby. People who lived in the building would put things on this counter that they didn’t want anymore, but thought other people in [...]

This morning began here, which is a nice, literal way to start the day:

For the last three years, my friends and I have done the Revlon Run for women’s cancers, which starts on Times Square and goes through Central Park. Last year we ran in the rain. We were at the front of the line—so [...]

It’s been a busy week, so this post is a bit of a catch-up.
For a start, I left the London Office on an extremely crowded flight back to New York, where I was promptly greeted with about two tons of mail. My trusted right-hand man Cartography Jones (not his real name, his real name is [...]