Daily Aphorism I: The only thing worse than other people is the absence of other people. Somebody has to be judged.

Daily Aphorism II: Indiscriminate, peevish nastiness. There's no better tonic for an immobile soul.

I wonder whether anyone has ever pondered the stages of blogging a la Piaget. I think I've reached my first crisis point – something like, generativity versus boredom. Bored with myself, that is. The fact is, nothing really happens when you make your living writing. My wife comes...