Do you buy books on a whim?

I do this all the time. Late night browsing on Amazon after a few too many glasses of wine has led to some strange deliveries. A couple of weeks ago, I splashed out a whopping £23.66 on The Chicago Manual of Style. Nine hundred pages of reference material for writers, editors, publishers, and pretenders, clearly compiled by geeks with too much time on their hands.

Every question you’ve ever asked about how to string words together is answered here, and you would not believe how wonderful the pages smell. It’s a luxury item to be sure, but a little luxury never hurt anyone.