I'm a big fan of the ring-a-ling series and just have to say I agree with the wondering about the "full and coherent narrative."

We used to have these horribly trashy neighbors and they were ALWAYS going off on each other around 2-3 am. I learned all about who was doing who and I always had the urge to yell back at them with information I had gleaned from the others in their house hold because they ALL would sit outside my window on their cellphones for 'privacy.' Seriously. I was always WTF?!