An old friend of mine from high school called me the other day asking for a ride to the used game store so he could sell his PlayStation 2 and games. He's selling them because the company he works for went under so he has no job. I decided this was the perfect opportunity for me to perform a good deed.

He had to give me directions to his new crash-pad because last week his girlfriend dumped him and kicked him out of the house. At midnight. So he moved back in with his mom.

I knew where his parents' old house was, but his parents are going through a nasty divorce and he's sleeping on the couch at his mom's apartment (the one she kept during the last year of the marriage, for cheating purposes).

To summarize: dumped, jobless, houseless SWM seeks ride to game store for business purposes and to avoid getting caught between his divorcing parents.

42 to the rescue!