I've lived in a lot of different places, from Los Angeles to Denver to a small town of less than 1,200 people.  When the nearest Wal-Mart and the ever-so-delicious Big Mac are over sixty miles away, you know you're roughin' it.

Gaming in this community is like indoor plumbing - people here have heard of it, but they're still loathe to try it.  It makes for some lousy late-night gaming sessions.  That's why I'm excited that high-speed Internet access is finally available here.  56k modems are still considered to be new-fangled gizmos, akin to automobiles and cleanliness.  The extremely ridiculous price I'm paying for it is irrelevelant.  Finally, at long last, I was bound to hook up with gamers all over the world....

...except for one little detail.  I have to find a new place.  I don't drive, and the only apartment complex in town is over a mile from work.  This big boy doesn't walk that far without a darn good reason.  So, with a heavy heart, I have to give up my quest for high speed Internet access for the moment.  As Nick Bottom so eloquently put it, "Alack, alack, alack."