You mean I’m the only one who knows that this is my 99th blog post? And am I the only one who realizes that each one of us will have to wait an entire extra day to blow out our candles again, next year, because 2016 is a leap year, which means that instead of my waiting roughly 340 -plus days for my next birthday to show up — because February 29 is getting added into the mix next year, adding yet another delay to our birthday waiting game. You can do the necessary calculations and see how an extra day between birthdays tallies up for you. And when you’re waiting for a birthday, just...

It didn’t look like an interview was in progress from where I was sitting.  Otherwise I would have knocked first, which is very hard to do when your hair is being shampooed by your favorite hair stylist on the island (make that the world) who is simultaneously having a coded exchange with an aspiring stylist about her plans to enhance the hair of a targeted customer.  My immensely talented hair stylist, the owner, was offering brief pointers but also sizing up the formulas cited by the outsider who was now very much of an insider for the time being in the popular shop. The outsider operating as...