I just ran out of hard drive space and had to delete some music to make my laptop function again. How embarrassing. It would seem that I can add "external hard drive" to the list of junk I need to purchase. On that ever-growing list I'll rank it slightly below "paper towels" and slightly above "a guitar that I have not been slamming into the ground for 10 years."

Interesting article in the Times today about the almost-universal appeal of my favorite book.