Lately I’m feeling rather ugh. I know why; reading has lost its luster. I find myself uninterested in almost every book, every essay, every tweet. One morning I’ll get all excited and pick up a book that someone recommends and then—bah!—the text is joyless. It doesn’t have that peculiar kick of newness to it and at...

I’m currently indexing with my search engine. This isn’t an always-on sort of an affair, but rather something I turn on and off as it tends to require at least some degree of babysitting. I’ve also been knocked out by the side-effects of the vaccine shot I got the other day, so it’s been mostly hands-off...