I’m sorry to report that my laptop, which has been giving me a lot of issues recently, has finally breathed its last. It’s on the kitchen table of a good friend right now, in several pieces, as he performs emergency surgery. Hopefully we’ll be able to retrieve all the files.

In any case, this is the first post I ever typed on my phone, and I definitely do not want to make a habit of it. Writing on a phone is excruciating and not at all conducive to the kind of thoughtful, clever, and/or polished writing that I strive for. I ask that you please indulge me if, in posting anything in the next day or two, I opt to keep it short. It’s likely I won’t be responding to many comments until I’m back on a laptop. Don’t think that just because I’m curt or even silent that I don’t love you.