What a joy to watch that was. Full of life, effervescence and wonder. It moved, it didn't move, it moved some more; it made the opposition's efforts look like wet spaghetti in comparison. A shining light, a colossal effort. Disco Benny sported one of the finest haircuts in the history of, well, everything on Monday night.

In the middle of September I stopped drinking alcohol. I haven't totally quit - since that time I've had about one drink a month, centered around the holidays or the occasion of seeing an old friend for the first time in a couple years. But I haven't felt good after any of them, and they've served mostly to remind me why I quit in the first place.