Still in a spoiler-proof bunker. Have been lying in bed (when not on the porcelain throne) re-reading "Balance of Trade". The following occurred to me...

Q: If Norn ven'Deelin (a Liaden Master Trader) and Miles Vorkosigan met, who would win?
A: Both of them! (Their brilliance would turn it into a win-win situation.)

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I just finished listening to "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" this week, read by the delectable Stephen Fry.

I noticed a few things this time around that I had either forgotten or not noticed before.
( cut for spoilers, just in case )