I’M ON THE PLANE NOW — a different plane than I had planned on. But the Delta people were really good about switching flights when the original one was delayed. (I want to get home on time because the Insta-Daughter has her karate belt ceremony tonight.) Security at LaGuardia was swift, cheerful, and efficient, too. Is this just a fluke?

Blogging will cease shortly as they make me shut off the laptop. I am, by the way, not reading the Charles Stross book I mentioned below. I realized that I was far enough into it that it wouldn’t last the trip, so I set it aside and brought Tim Powers’ The Drawing of the Dark. It’s very good so far, and I like the notion of beer being at the center of the moral universe.