Actually not, Kathryn — not from this quarter anyway. I have to (a) go

stand on line to get the new Harry Potter book for my daughter, (b) drive

the 20 miles to county police HQ and stand on line there to get my pistol

license renewed, (c) sort out the UK-France rental-car business, (d) put

Radio Derb together, (e) make a dent in this tottering stack of books I’m

supposed to be reviewing, (f) mow the lawn (yes! I mow my own lawn!!), and

(g) get a couple more panels of sheetrock up.

If someone else wants to take up the contrariain cudgels on my behalf,

please feel free. Personally I like it when there’s a bit of fur flying in

The Corner, and I know from emails that a lot of readers do too. I’m

looking at a real busy day doing other stuff, though — for NRO (Radio

Derb), for NR (book review), for my family, for my house, and for myself. I

call it “having a life.”