OUTSIDE OVER THERE: Today was as social for me as all of last week put together…. Ran into Shamed on the way to the coffeeshop; got a letter from Ratty; then ran into Tepper at Jonathan Rauch’s book talk and had a wonderful conversation of which slightly more presently.

Also, taxes are done. TurboTax: Because numbers frighten me. Apparently the government does not want people to be entrepreneurs. This year I filed no W2s, only 1099s, and let me tell you, I can’t believe that horrible thing just happened to my bank account. I am still in denial. I have seen things I cannot unsee. They looked like fang-marks on my wallet.