A train ride home after a long day at work was enough to convince me that I didn't want to spend Friday night in an empty house. I returned to downtown San Jose and took in the sights and sounds, hoping that it would cure the loneliness. It was temporary relief that wore off by the time Saturday morning came.

There was a Charlie Brown special over the weekend that captured the feeling pretty closely:

Charlie Brown: Can you cure loneliness?
Lucy: For a nickel, I can cure anything.
Charlie Brown: Can you cure deep-down, black-bottom-of-the-well, no hope, end-of-the-world, what's-the-use loneliness?
Lucy: For the same nickel?!