Problem: I ended up shotgunning all three seasons of Bones in the span of two weeks . It 's a pretty great show . A few comments : The pilot episode is pretty unwatchable . It 's really quite terrible , but thankfully that lasted exactly one episode . There was an episode in the second season which was dropped and then inserted into the third season .

What almost prevented me from binge watching Bones ?

A: The first episode I watched was n't that great .

Problem: A friend of mine died last weekend , after a long battle with cancer . The wake was on Monday and Tuesday of this week , and it was a very interesting experience . To say that she was around us all over the place would be an understatement . The first " sign " , for lack of any better word , would be the way I got to the wake .

When was the wake for the narrator 's friend ?

A: The two days preceding Wednesday .

Problem: Long after midnight , I heard the sea lions barking . The sound echoed off Yaquina Bay , exotic at first then a maddening cacophony . The next evening during a stroll along the Newport waterfront , I saw them sprawled on a floating dock beneath the pier where I stood . They were quiet except for an occasional honk .

What other type of animal makes a noise like this ?

A:
A dog also makes a noise like this