Only Disconnect

I've taken the next week off of all of my jobs and am heading north to see a friend, be a tourist for a bit, and visit the Tibetan Buddhist part of the country. (Dalai Lama holding bear = Best. Panda. Pic. Ever.) I am going to try not to be on the Internet at all while I'm away — mind-blowing, I know — and maybe give my laptop the rest it needs to not conk out every couple of hours. In the interim, please continue to email me with love letters, chapters from forthcoming novellas loosely based on my life, and offers of high-paying-and-emotionally-satisfying employment.