have been unavoidably detained by the world

My favorite advice columnist (Captain Awkward) just answered a letter that specifically invokes Miles Vorkosigan, of Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga.

And it is A DELIGHT.

I read it out loud to L, who agrees, although One Friend Who Knows Who They Are mentioned that Gregor absolutely should have been mentioned as a better partner than Miles. ♥