Slumber party in progress

There are 7 screaming, giggling 11-year-olds (plus a little sister) running around my house, which is why, despite my groundrules for life, I have just learned the answer to the question, “What would it sound like if Smashmouth covered The Beatles’ ‘Getting Better’?” (Courtesy of the abomination that is Mike Myers’s “The Cat In The Hat.”) I’ll now be retiring to my chamber, where I have set up the previously unused emergency backup TV with the Playstation. I intend to spend the next several hours focusing on learning my way around Staunton Island (Grand Theft Auto 3) and ignoring the sounds coming from the living room.