News does not stay secret for long in this new media world. Not, I suppose that we were really planning to keep it a secret. Peter and I are getting married. At some point. The date to be determined by the vicissitudes of the wedding-industrial complex. Right now we have a ring, a fond hope not to spend the price of a luxury car on a six hour party, and a sort of dazed and happy look.
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Megan McArdle is a columnist at Bloomberg View and a former senior editor at The Atlantic. Her new book is The Up Side of Down.