Hey there, thanks for coming all this way, with traffic an everything. It’s been ages since we talked, sorry about that. I’ve been busy, I’m teaching at the Berkeley J-school this fall and I’m writing about food and the environment for Grist; you can see the trouble I’m making here. This artificial device for translating all human communication into the language of birds, is probably the best way for keeping tabs on me, or getting a quick response. Or  just email me at nathanael47 [at] that company that Marissa Mayer runs (that would be Yahoo.com).

I’ll just be over here finishing this up, make yourself at home, and let me know if you need anything.