I have tried, oh my god have I tried. (It’s not a literal hamster; it’s my euphemism for when my brain won’t shut the fuck off.) Most nights an episode of Mythbusters audio occupies enough of my brain to let me sleep, but some nights nothing works, and I roll around in the dark annoying everyone and just getting more frustrated.

Tonight’s been one of the latter sort of nights, though I hear the wheel slowing …