Well, I was a fool. I received a free two week trial of the massive multiplayer online game called World of Warcraft. So, I figured, what the heck - I can stop anytime I want to...
The good news is that my wife is still speaking to me. It also helped that I've been on vacation for the last few days (going tubing down the river, hanging out, playing WoW late into the night...).
Oh well, what can a programmer do...