along with monocle, how to spend it and the occasional issue of the london review of books, a publication which i now view as compulsory for the well informed is sigma, and the latest offering will be of wider interest than most. more study is the order of the day in the near term, but it provides some respite from other tasks at hand. i need to find a tooth doctor. very unlikely to come to pass, but as with so much else the more buzz i generate for myself the fewer corners need to be turned before i find sucess whistling and tapping it's toe.