All Your Sidekick Are Belong To Us

Years ago, back when I was still drinking, there came a night in which I was hanging out, as I pretty much as on most nights, at my preferred bar, in which I had a short but significant exchange with a friend.
The bar, which was a "lounge," was set up like this:

A bar against the wall, some tables behind that, some booths behind that against another wall, and a larger dining arrea with booths and tables on the other side of the wall.
(There was also another smaller bar with a seating area and pool tables downstairs, but that was primarily used for private parties. )

In any case, whenever the place had live entertainment it was in the dining room on the other side of the wall, an area that I seldom went into, as I spent most of my time at or near the actual bar itself.
On the aforementioned night, a night on which there was live entertainment, I was sitting at the bar with a beer in front of me when a friend came in and asked, "Are there are a lot of people on the other side for the band?"
I said that I didn't know, as I hadn't taken the trouble to look. She asked me why not, and I indicated the beer in front of me, to which she responded, "Oh, right. I forgot how narrow your focus is."
While I can no longer be found sitting at bars giving all of my attention to a beer as if contemplating my navel, my focus remains fairly narrow, which is why I so frequently miss the boat on major Web trends and phenomena until after they've passed out of the popular consciousness.
The most famous example being the whole "All your base are belong to us" thing from several years back. That totally escaped my notice until well after it was over (not that I would have been likely to care that much anyway).
Not so, thanks to Neil Gaiman, with the "Stolen Sidekick" saga, which, while it started last week, still seems to be going strong.
If you haven't encountered it, check it out here. This is much more entertaining than most viral phenomena, as it serves as an example of the kind of "instant karma" we so seldom see outsidse of, as Zalfiro would point out, episodes of Tales from the Crypt.
And if I was the only one who had not been previously aware of this, don't be surprised.
Just remember how narrow my focus is...