He makes predictions each year. There is Nexis. There is the blogosphere. Did you expect me to resist?
NOT A GOOD TRAVEL DAY: Here’s one of those priceless Brit obits that you read from time to time. Obits are one area where the British press easily surpasses anything in America – because they allow real writers to pen the stories and because they treat the obits as among the most insightful genres in journalism (which they are). Anyway, read about this poor bloke’s endlessly ravaged trip in the Second World War and never complain about a bad travel day again.