in my cd player... Karate Unsolved   on the page... Michael Chabon The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay   into... planning a trip to visit Uncle Jack; baths at noon; undisciplined days; an evening Tom Collins; closure   lost... Four years ago I lost one of Jay's letters about strawberry milkshakes and I still regret it to this day. So it makes me wonder how long I'll regret the email that just vaporized in my last computer crash, never ever to be read again.   365 days later... A year ago today I had just stopped in St. Louis to tap my silver ring against the silver arch. And right about now I was knocking on his door, behind which lurked his Japanese lantern lamps and endless racks of CDs. And we stayed up late into the night, peeling my postcards off the wall.   an awkward compliment... He told me I was arrogant and young and how he longed to be like that again.   I was strangely charmed.