Acknowledgments

The following first appeared in The New Yorker :

“Udder Madness” (January 18, 2010)

“Will the Real Avatar Please Stand Up” (May 10, 2010)

“Tails of Manhattan” (March 30, 2009)

“Now Where Did I Leave That Oxygen Tank?” (August 5, 2013; the version printed here has been revised by the author)

“Not a Creature Was Stirring” (May 28, 2012)

“Think Hard, It’ll Come Back to You” (November 10, 2008)

“Money Can Buy Happiness—As If” (January 24, 2011)

“Over, Around, and Through, Your Highness” (May 26, 2008)