The nameserver meltdown explained: it’s hosted on Matt’s pacbell DSL. Which, only naturally, goes down from time to time. I can’t decide if that is sublimely hilarious or very, very not funny.

Those crazy kids. Warms yer heart, dunnit? (We also would have accepted: It’s like one of those crazy Hollywood movie romances. Except, you know, with smart people or Somewhere in between You’ve Got Mail and The Matrix, this happened.)

If every word of this essay on the ties between Calvin & Hobbes and Fight Club — cleverly titled I Am Jack’s Younger Self — makes perfect sense to you, then you are entirely too pop-culture literate for your own good. You are strongly urged to close your browser, turn off your TV, put down your book, recycle the newspaper, and immediately go outside. I’ll see you there.

I have been unable to access metafilter, apparently due to some problem with the nameserver (everything served by turlyming is inaccessible), since I woke up this morning. It’s killing me, I tell you. I just knew I should have written down the IP… (Some people seem to not be having problems.)

Two makes a trend: what’s with all these old rockers coming out? In this case, I’m guessing it might possibly have something to do with the fact that their new album has failed to chart. Just a guess.