I now present the weekend, by the numbers:

• Clothing items purchased for children: 2
• Clothing items purchased for self: 1
• Video card installations at the kids’ place: 2
• MST3K episodes watched by the oldest child: Unknown, presumably several
• Masterminds created in City of Villains: 2
• Roll on ten-sided die to indicate years old more than 16 my new Cyberpunk character will be: 4
• Years past 16 for which I rolled “No significant life event occurred” on individual rolls: 4
• Bags of candy purchased for the in-office “trick or treat” scheduled for tomorrow: 3
• Loaves of warm, fresh french bread purchased for light snacking: 1
• Loaves of french bread consumed in entirety: 1
• Phone calls: 4
• Phone calls to girlfriend: 2
• CDs converted to compressed digital audio: 1
• Vinyl records converted to digital audio: 6
• Costumes prepared for All Hallow’s Eve: 0

Quite a weekend, eh? And the numbers only tell half the story. Of course, if you want the rest of the story (“this is Paul Harvey… … …good day!”) you’ll have to ask. Why? Because I’m lazy, and because my body’s telling me it’s after midnight while the clock says it’s only a bit past eleven PM…