It looks like millions of people can check off one more thing on their "Things to do in life" list: survive a hurricane.

It's rare these days to actually see the real Google logo when doing a search. For a week or so a few months ago, I forgot what it actually looked like. It's gotten out of hand.

I love podcasts. In fact, if I like you, I will generally listen to yours.

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you there. There seems to be an infestation of stinkbugs going on over here.

Last Wednesday, I went to Cedar Point for the fourth time in my life. I have been there twice in the past 10 years. I was technically "there" when I was about 5 or so; that's a bit too young to really enjoy the place. This time, I went on rides that I had not been on.

I just upgraded my FIOS to the new "quantum" speeds.

Yesterday, I came around to The Oatmeal to see if there's anything new. When the site eventually loaded, there was, but not the usual funny comic. I have never seen Oatmeal be so slow before. I had apparently come by two hours into "Operation Bearlove Good Cancer Bad".