On Albuquerque.

Albuquerque is the kind of town that mercilessly beats you into absolute submission, and then turns around and smiles at you and tells you that you'll be OK.

To make a long story short: I now have a job -- and not just *any* job -- but *the* job I have always wanted to have. Just went out front to smoke, and saw the first rainbow of 2009. Rainbows in this town are bloody *meaningful*.

The pay's not great, but it's fair, and the employer's wanting someone who can grow and learn the business.

I'm no longer posting work-related details in this blog for reasons which should now be obvious to anyone who's followed me for long.

I will say this.

I *know* I'll love being an antiquarian bookseller.