Flashes of Panic

(1) I tried commenting on Scheherazade's car shopping escapades, but it looks like TypePad has crashed.

I can't help wondering if it has something to do with the subject of her next post.

(2) Comments pointed out that Defective Yeti's cat has a new toy. I can't help but wonder if the Terror of Gaylord Street would be that restrained.

(3) Win Fowler wrote about patience, but started by saying he had about lost his. I was looking for something to tie in to my column from last week, exploring the sort of decades-long patience required to develop Olympic athletes, but I think the hook is one I didn't expect—that developing marathoners is short-term compared to the patience required to effect the sort of social change represented by same-sex marriage.

More to come about small businesses and computer needs.