So, my friend Darren was really, really, really reticent to start a blog because, in his words, “who cares what one white man in New York ate for breakfast?” Or something like that. I’m way too self-obsessed to quote anyone other than myself verbatim. Everyone has a blog, he argues, so why him also? Well, he’s right. Everyone else does have a blog. So why not him? Also, he’s really, really funny, he’s a great writer, he mixes a hell of a rum punch, and his girlfriend and dog are lovely. So read Darren’s blog! Every day. I will.

What self-respecting grown man gets a poodle, indeed.