Shots In The Dark

Apologies for the technical difficulties yesterday, which resulted in essentially the same item being posted twice. I blame it on Kinko's, a computer that crashed, and the eccentric Cantabridgian at the terminal next to mine who kept trying to engage me in conversation even as he listened to his Walkman and sang (loudly, but not well) and repeatedly offered technical help to the young women working nearby, who rather nervously—and quite understandably—declined.