Introduction , When Events in the Analyst’s Life Intrude upon Clinical Space , The analyst’s infertility and subsequent pregnancy , When Others Intrude upon Clinical Space , Waiting-room dramas between patients , “Have you Heard?” Revelations regarding the analyst , When Machines Intrude Upon Clinical Space , A patient’s tape recording of analytic sessions , From an iPhone, through an iPad and an iMac, to the Cloud: the evolution of a sense of “I-ness” , When Political Events Intrude Upon Clinical Space , Sadistic transferences in the context of ethnic difference: before and after 9/11 , Osama bin Laden’s death and its impact on the analytic process