Hi, y'all! I'm at home in New York on my family's sprawling suburban ranch. It's cold and damp, but it's better than my apartment in D.C. where Comcast has promptly disconnected our cable and Internet service. I'm sure I'll be hearing from my friends at the collection agency shortly.

Since my bed at the ranch is an actual bed — not a crappy $100 futon bolstered by a foam egg crate — you'd think I'd have the sweetest dreams in months. Guess again, lambs. My nightmarish vision consisted of Dr. Ana Marie Cox telling me that I had stomach cancer and then trying to kill me by injecting some sort of poison pellet into my left temple.

OK I'm tired of writing, I just want to lay down on the couch and watch "That's So Raven." Perhaps this break will inspire me to get back into blogging, rather than just updating every so often with some pointless rambling missive. Maybe I need a new layout. Or perhaps I should just start smoking more weed.

Hey, quick question: My host is phpwebhosting and I can't configure it (particularly the outgoing mail server) to work with Microsoft Entourage. Phpwebhosting is the WORST host ever, so: a) Either tell me how to configure it with Entourage, or else I won't be able to respond to any of your e-mails until Monday; or b) Suggest another host and how I might go about switching hosts, since it seems really complicated and I'm a very lazy person.

Much love. Don't fight the glamour, darlings.