If a tree falls in the backyard and no one hears it, did it knock out the

[Bossy Monkey]

cable and phone?

That's a big yes. Nice to be back; I missed you guys for all 18 hours or so of my enforced layoff. Still waiting on the cable guy, of course.:D

[Spinzonner]

1. You're discounting the possibility that

it could have been a pure coincidental quantum-mechanical effect.

But then I'm probably Bohring you with this theory.

[Bossy Monkey]

2. The pain! The pain!

Worse than the joke, Time-Warner is saying they won't be able to get cable back up and running before the 13th(!) If this really happens, I think it'll be dish time well before then. Still, I'm certainly catching up on my tunage.