Live from New York

Ladies and gentlemen, we are updating live from an underground bunker at the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy at Columbia University.

Having finally managed to secure a high-speed connection and a USB port, here's what's coming up next:

• Gambling with my mom and grandma at the Windstar Indian casino in Oklahoma.


• My visit to Austin and the federal maximum security prison which my brother calls a dormitory.


• Some early NY highlights: a sociologist party, blackened catfish, the view from the top of the Empire State Building with Stefanie, shopping for jeans and Apple computers in Soho.