Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.
- T. S. Eliot
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Coturnix--
I'm heading out to Hahvahd Squay-ah in a little while. I was going to walk but the walking looks exceedingly crappy even for here.
See you (and any other Bostonians attending) at the dinner spot.