I am staring at a blank computer screen with a deadline looming. For the first time in the two years that I have authored this column, I have a crippling case of writer’s block. My rule of thumb for each column is that if I can sum up the point I am trying to make in one sentence, it’ll be a good column. At the moment, however, my thoughts refuse to cohere themselves into anything resembling a point — so, in lieu of a traditional column, I (semi-)proudly present Random Thoughts For 2013™ (with apologies to Larry King for borrowing his shtick):

•Capturing tenths is the bane of my existence.