1. If you live in New York or somewhere near it, see As You Like It in the park. Done straight (as it were), minimal bits of business/moving parts, funny fool, doublets and hose, feathered caps, the works. And a remarkably beautiful set (remember the giant Julius Caesar head?). Prithee, make haste! I gladly adventure my discretion.

2. Thanks in great part to the brilliance of this man, there are now deli.cio.us categories on emdashes. Since they require re-editing by hand, it’s a gradual process. It’s fun, and it’ll keep evolving. As always, please send suggestions for emdashes features (recent contribution: archive all the online book reviews into one post) and things you want to know more about (writers, artists, enigmatic advertisers, people/places/things mentioned in New Yorker pieces, Papua New Guinea penis gourds, etc.), and I’ll do my best to get on the case. As you know, this is not a gossip sheet (other people do that so unmatchably well, and I try to have a certain amount of discretion), but a way to fill those fidgety moments between issue-reading with posts that help, question, amuse, and even, sometimes, Shed Light.