This One's For Free

Deadlines aplenty prevent my blogging with the rigor the activity demands, so I thought I'd hold all my lovely readers over with the following piece of advice I received from a wise man who works the cheese counter at Brindisa, a Spanish goods market in London. Here it is. Copy it. Paste it. Take it to heart. It will change your life. Ready? Okay.Don't refrigerate cheese.I know. Sounds crazy, right? But I've been doing it for a month now and my life is approximately forty-three percent improved. Think about it, people. Cheese has been around a lot longer than refrigeration. Did everyone in the olden days die of cheese poisoning? I don't think so. Room temperature cheese is much more flavorful and the texture is cheese-like, as opposed to soap-like. Just wrap it in cellophane and stick it in a smell-proof container. Thank me later.Oh and P.S. the Table of Contents of Year's Best SF has just been revealed here. I'm in good company. Though it's not out yet, you can pre-order it on Amazon.com, should you choose to beat the rush.