Weltschmerz unltd.

Hartford--The hotel shower this morning reeked of feet, an obnoxious reminder of the parasitic fungi that will soon commence devouring the webbing between my toes as I travel feverishly from coast to coast in deeply concentrated efforts to Close the Business. The force-fed CNN at the breakfast bar, where I have been the only customer for the last half-hour, is excited about NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAR ON TERROR. These evils have remained constants for about four years.