Oh dear. Got up this morning and started clicking on the various "show X new replies" messages and none of them loaded. The message just disappeared. I wonder if this old husk is starting to collapse on itself.

Oh dear. Got up this morning and started clicking on the various "show X new replies" messages and none of them loaded. The message just disappeared. I wonder if this old husk is starting to collapse on itself.

Well … the wife has gone out to see a play with her mother and won't be back until after midnight, so it's time for booze and headphones. Good night, ghost friends …

Well … the wife has gone out to see a play with her mother and won't be back until after midnight, so it's time for booze and headphones. Good night, ghost friends …

Okay, so … those books are going to Goodwill. The camping stuff, we've still got to return to my wife's brother (we just haven't gotten around to it yet), and the thing wrapped up in the tarp is none of your fucking business.

Okay, so … those books are going to Goodwill. The camping stuff, we've still got to return to my wife's brother (we just haven't gotten around to it yet), and the thing wrapped up in the tarp is none of your fucking business.

Okay, so … those books are going to Goodwill. The camping stuff, we've still got to return to my wife's brother (we just haven't gotten around to it yet), and the thing wrapped up in the tarp is none of your fucking business.

But Gorka's out, so … hooray?

But Gorka's out, so … hooray?

Exciting weekend plans? We're taking some out-of-town friends on a pub crawl tomorrow night. Our little college town has turned into a bit of a beer-lover's paradise in the last few years: Two high-quality beer bars, one brewery tap room and a pizza place with around thirty taps all within a two block radius downtown.…

Exciting weekend plans? We're taking some out-of-town friends on a pub crawl tomorrow night. Our little college town has turned into a bit of a beer-lover's paradise in the last few years: Two high-quality beer bars, one brewery tap room and a pizza place with around thirty taps all within a two block radius downtown.…

Still haven't been able to merge with my Disqus account though. I keep clicking the "claim" button and it sends me to the screen where you start a new Kinja account. I've already got one, you goons!

Still haven't been able to merge with my Disqus account though. I keep clicking the "claim" button and it sends me to the screen where you start a new Kinja account. I've already got one, you goons!

Well, I just made my first comment that didn't go straight to "pending" so I got that going for me.

Well, I just made my first comment that didn't go straight to "pending" so I got that going for me.

I loved King in high school and devoured everything up until Tommyknockers, and then just sort of … drifted away. I started to re-read 'Salem's Lot a few Halloweens ago and I'd forgotten how clunky his writing was in those early days.

I loved King in high school and devoured everything up until Tommyknockers, and then just sort of … drifted away. I started to re-read 'Salem's Lot a few Halloweens ago and I'd forgotten how clunky his writing was in those early days.

Well, one of the many major differences between MMA and boxing is that in MMA, if you get hit hard enough to fall down it's pretty much over. In boxing, they give you a ten-count to get your head back together and then send you back out there … so a much greater chance for brain injury. That being said, Mayweather's…

Well, one of the many major differences between MMA and boxing is that in MMA, if you get hit hard enough to fall down it's pretty much over. In boxing, they give you a ten-count to get your head back together and then send you back out there … so a much greater chance for brain injury. That being said, Mayweather's…

Looking forward to The Tick. I thought that first episode they put out months ago had a lot of promise. Also, now that we've got ahold of a family member's HBO GO password we might finally get around to starting this Game of Thrones thing. I made it halfway through the first book on a camping weekend a while back but…