Rest in peace, Captain Kangaroo. So many TV figures from my childhood are dead now - Mr. Rogers, Mr. Dressup, the Friendly Giant...it's a sad day.

In other sad news, Spalding Gray has been missing for almost two weeks now. By way of tribute, I am re-reading Impossible Vacation. Again. Gray's friend John Perry Barlow wrote a beautiful essay about him last week, entitled Is Spalding Gray Finally Swimming to Cambodia? Let's hope it isn't a eulogy.