Hunker Down and Prepare for Battle

This is my weekend of fighting with the devil: Marie leaves first thing this morning and won't come home until late Sunday afternoon. She's inaccessible, except by a spotty cellphone that she normally can't hear. I have The Seven . . . and their functions: marching band at the football game Friday night, two rocket football games, one soccer game, a pet blessing at church. My two oldest leave Saturday afternoon, leaving me with virtually no back-up. Check back frequently this weekend, in case I need somebody to go my bail after I fly berserk.
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Brews You Can Use (and that I'll need)

A German man who had been drinking heavily at Munich's Oktoberfest beer festival got stuck in a chimney for 12 hours while trying to climb into a friend's apartment, police said Friday.

Did we need them to tell us that he'd been drinking heavily?
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Mid-Atlantic coast readers: The World Beer Festival is taking place in Durham. Come one, drink all.
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That's it for now, maybe forever . . . I hear my wife rumbling around upstairs. It's time.

One last thing: Another Chinese toy recall: