Last night I dreamt I was looking at the possibility of making a career change. So I applied for a job as publicist for the up-and-coming rock band called Chevron, which was based in Portland, Ore. My friends in Philly doubted the wisdom of the move, but I argued, "Portland has the highest number of Ph.Ds in the country." I'm not sure why I thought this was a persuasive argument.

Chevron, like any good indie band, responded to my resume with a funky homemade postcard. "We got your resume!!! We're interested!!! Please send a writing sample. If you can't, that's okay because we can read the stuff on your blog."

And I thought: "Chevron knows about my blog? Cool."

Today I learned there is actually a band called Chevron—well, there's a guy named Jonathan Valentine who records techno under that name. This is a photo of him from his website. Maybe he'll read this and send me a postcard.