If anyone's wondering why I've become so prolific of a sudden, after six months of silence, it may have something to do with the sense of responsibility I feel at having been referred to as a "blogger" by Steve, or with the fact that I seem temporarily to have acquired a fan in the lovely and talented Larissa. But I must confess that the principal reason is my having recently gotten some work that, on an hourly basis, is reasonably lucrative (In your face St. John's College!), and which I must therefore avoid doing as long as possible. Ah, procrastination, my old love--how I've missed you in these months of idleness!