When I got home on Friday afternoon, my goal for the weekend was not to leave the house at all - and I have succeeded admirably. Thanks to FreshDirect and Netflix, I have spent the entire weekend indoors, either asleep or completely entertained, and consequently I may have beaten the plague (for now).

Incidentally, and while we’re speaking of the Black Death, did anyone else notice an unusual quantity of dead rats in the financial district on Friday morning? I saw nearly a dozen of the little bastards belly up on the sidewalk and in the gutter on my way to work. I suppose they had just baited the area the night before or something, but it was a little eerie.