Josie, you indirectly lead me to another point that hadn't even crossed my mind: Bad books make great paperweights, doorstops, and ballast. You can't (or, at least, shouldn't) really do that with your e-readers.

Kinda like our ozone layer?

Alas.

So exciting!

And more proof of something that's been on my mind for a year or so, that I ultimately need to wind up in Tennessee at some point.

Maybe. What's a waterm planet?

Since ancient times, it has been a great mystery among malekind [to distinguish from the more general "mankind"] as to why women go to the bathroom in groups.

I fear that a woman of my acquaintance has outed the conspiracy and confessed the truth: they go to the bathroom in groups to have a private place where they can talk about us! That kinda makes sense.

Having said that, I meant to thank you for your advice. I sent Marcus Buckingham a Tweet before his first session suggesting that we go off in search of the lone men's room together. I wish I could say he took me up on the offer, but at least our reputations are still secure.

Also, a concerned security guard had posted himself at the entrance to the men's room. While I was in there, I could tell from the conversation he was having outside with two or three women that I should indeed be very grateful for his presence. So there's your solution: you need to leave your valet outside the door until you're done.

You do have a valet, right?

(Don't ever lose your valet. Cancelling your credit cards and getting a replacement driver license is a total pain.)

Sheila had excellent things to say about you. I only briefly talked to Mary. We never quite clicked for some reason, so didn't get as far as mutual name-dropping.

Beth, I'm pretty sure that's precisely what the new version added this week.

You might find that updating your app gives you that functionality.

Good points!

Two solutions that I found:

1. Attempt to send them a DM. If there's no "Message" button, they're not following you.

2. Use http://manageflitter.com. I like that service a lot.

I haven't read the book--yet--but I'm very glad to see your review. I feel like most of the common reactions smack of paranoia, misguided certainty, and uninformed fundamentalism.

Given that I try to avoid those three, I've actually been somewhat predisposed to assume I'll resonate with what he has to say. I'm really looking forward to it.

Because we stop trying to outrun our parents.

It's probably because they slow down so much by the time we're 40. (Always blame the parents.)

Thanks, Dave. See? Like I said elsewhere, even though the 21-year-old you would kick my spiritual butt, I'm glad we're both gracious enough to at least *analyze* radical, unusual ideas before we reject them.