For some unknown reason, I kept putting down Neil Gaiman’s OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE after 10 pages. And then I brought it with me on a flight to San Francisco and couldn’t put it down. It’s AMAZING. As the New York Times said, “His mind is a dark fathomless ocean, and every time...

“Everyone has a plan … until they get punched in the face,” according to Mike Tyson. Somehow that encapsulated the weirdness of my day, which was largely devoted to learning about real estate issues since I want to buy something in the Fall. I enrolled in a once-a-month workshop, but the ...