The other day, I had the most curious thought: what if I disappeared? Within the past week, I have been called, in chronological order, by Lindsay, Sardine, Pelsky, Mom and Dad, and the Bald Mountain; people can reach out and touch me at any time. What if I put a stop to it? What if I just didn't tell anyone my phone number in Boston? It would be hard to avoid Mom, Dad, and the Mountain, but it would be fairly easy to simply ditch everyone else. Start again from scratch. All new email addresses, no more Secret Base, how would anyone find me? One day I would simply be lost and gone forever.

The idea is both utterly repugnant and so very, very tempting.