With Jess now fully moved in, we seem to be facing the imminent arrival of a third, phantom roommate: Jae Chang. I have no idea who Jae is, but his Wall Street Journal has begun appearing on my doorstop, and his bank statements in my mailbox. I’m not sure if he, himself, intends to make an appearance, though the management office assures me they haven’t double-booked the apartment and that such an occurrence should be unlikely.

Which is good. Thus far, two has been excellent enough to make three, proverbially, certainly a crowd.