So after what felt like forever but was actually only a month, whyowhy made it back to Dublin; and after two days in his company I still don’t know how one even begins to describe him. He’s smart, funny, interesting, gentle, incredibly easy to both talk to and listen to. He has a lightning-quick wit, a delightful playfulness, a wickedly mischievious streak, a lively sense of the ridiculous, and his own special breed of random insanity. He has an amazing way with animals – he completely usurped the affections of my cats within a few hours – and he has the good taste to have read almost all my favourite science fiction :o) I can’t remember the last time I spent such a wonderful weekend with such a wonderful person, and I’m already looking forward to next time.