I'm not joking. This is no laughing matter. The café I'm in is actually playing Blink-182. OLD Blink-182 -- I believe it's Dude Ranch. The fact that I can not only recognize the band but also the album (and now the song) is no laughing matter, either.


On a brighter note, I found a new café. One whose walls are inscribed with stick-angels, plays The Velvet Underground at ten in the morning, has free wi-fi and is less than a hundred steps from my bedroom door.