Ah, Friday. Always a good thing. But this Friday is tempered with a bit of sadness. My XBOX 360 is dead. Actually it’s been dead for a few days now (probably longer. I haven’t really used it in a while). I went to play something or other last week or something, and right as I was attempting to shoot some guy in the head, it froze up on me and needed a reboot (at which point, I quit ‘cuz I had shit to do). I figured the disc was beat or something. So I tried it again a couple days later, and damned if it didn’t do the same thing. So I gave it the boot, and, well, eventually it wouldn’t even turn back on. Flashing red rings of death. Well that sucks. I figured it was probably off warranty (didn’t really remember how long I’ve had it), but I checked the manufacturing date, and, damn, it’s over five years old (where has the time gone?). So, they’ll either fix it or give me a refurb (90 day warranty either way) for $99 (but of course I have to deal with shipping it and all that. So, on the one hand, I have this boat anchor that I don’t really use much at all, and find it hard to justify spending a hundred bucks to fix. On the other, I have several games, a racing wheel and pedals, and a Kinect invested in this thing that are basically useless without it. Oh, what’s a boy to do?

There is some good news today, though. Paul “Eddie Munster” Ryan says not to worry about those defense cuts looming on the horizon. He and his man Mitt have a plan to retroactively undo those cuts once they get into office, and will instead cut food stamps and other aid for poor people. So that’s cool, and it truly exemplifies that Catholic moral compass that Ryan has.

Speaking of being Catholic, Ryan says he’s personally opposed to abortion even in the case of rape and incest, but now that he’s Mitt’s running mate, he’ll stand behind Romney’s position that abortion rights should be conferred to rape and incest victims, and mothers whose lives are at stake. Wait, what? You’re gonna stand by a baby killer? WTF? Hey, either it’s murder or it isn’t, fella.

I’d ask Romney what he thinks about all this, but he refuses to take questions on abortion. Or Akin. Or Bain. Or his taxes, Swiss bank accounts, tax amnesty, dressage, Shamus….

Oh well, time to get this week over with. And it looks like a hot weekend ahead.