Sociability despite headache

Well, mostly sociable. I went to the Diesel last night, and found myself much less able to handle conversation when what I wanted to be doing was watching the backgammon games being played (comparing what I would've done with what the players did). I've had a headache since Monday, when it was a little thing that could easily be ignored. By yesterday afternoon, it had grown, to a pain over my right eye, unlike the usual headaches I've gotten in the past. I hope I wasn't too rude to anyone.

I went to a game night, and the low-key atmosphere was wonderful. It didn't matter that I now suck rocks at playing regular Carcassonne, since it wasn't a cutthroat sort of game. And, hey, I got to hear the quote of the day, which had something to do with putting octopus down someone's pants...
I didn't stay after that first game; I still hadn't had dinner. So, a late dinner, and off to bed.
( whinging about headache blah blah blah )

WotD: imbroglio

I looked at the dictionary.com entry for this, and realized the last time I'd heard someone say "seraglio," it rhymed with the pronunciation of "imbroglio." Hm. I sense a poem in there, somehow. Unfortunately, I am not poetically talented. It is left as an exercise for the reader...

Instead, I started thinking about bits of Tigana. And literary shards started forming, though hardly detailed enough to be called an imbroglio, really. Here's one.
( seraglio imbroglio )