A decision has been made. Correction: Decisions have been made.

Sorry, Pauline, but decisions have been made in your absence. The question does remain: Where are you?

In order to be, like, super-cultured, here's the plan: Gonna read us some Kafka from "The Complete Stories." Not exactly sure which stories right now. But a few. Will elucidate more soon upon further discussion.

Then we're going to see "Kafka on the Shore" a la Steppenwolf. See how worldly this is becoming already?

And then afterward, to add another layer of depth, we're going to delve into "What I talk about when I Talk About Running" by Haruki Murakami.

Welcome aboard, Abbie!