I have been a fiend on the music blogs recently and have been richly rewarded for it. I am listening to some great music. “Buildings & Mountains” by The Republic Tigers has been the best of the lot so far. (I’d credit the blog where I found it but I can’t seem to find which blog right now.)

I got a new laser printer and paper cutter for Christmas. To top it off, my new Bostich long-arm stapler arrived this week. I love my Swingline, don’t get me wrong, but I am hella looking forward to the sliding red guidebar which will give me a more accurate length on each sheet of paper. I get excited about these things. It’s a sickness, yes, but it’s a sickness I use to make magazines for you. You should subscribe.

Congratulations to Deborah Ager and 32 Poems– one of the poems they published this year will be in Best American Poetry.

Everyone and his brother has started a game of Scrabulous with me lately. I cannot possibly keep up with them all. But I will try. Just don’t expect much play during work hours, OK? I really have to get some work done.