Some shakins:

If you are ever lucky enough to find yourself a bar with a shuffleboard table, cheap drinks, and a jukebox, settle in for a fun night - and maybe even a bar brawl. (On Friday night I witnessed a bar brawl that erupted in chapters - the bouncers just couldn't get it under control. The best chapter was when a 40-plus year old woman started throwing punches, and in the process, ripped off her shirt and fought in her bra - bringing to mind Mia Hamm [correction: Brandi Chastain] for some reason. So that was hot, and I bought her a shot of tequila when she complained to me about her swollen hand. That's how I roll.)

Maybe not today, maybe not next year, but one day, we are going to discover what is up with Tom Cruise - and that will be more fascinating than learning the meaning behind his cryptic reason for divorcing Nicole, i.e. "Nic knows what she did." I hope those Anthony Pellicano tapes fall into the right hands, say Vanity Fair (Conde Nast has good lawyers).

The new ten dollar bills are ugly and further solidify my point that "cash is trash."

I am very much looking forward to a trip to Wendover, Lava Hot Springs, or Las Vegas in this sweet ride. I think I last rode in a minivan when I got a ride home from swim team practice in 1988.

I find that when co-workers refrain from discussing at the office their religious and political views, I refrain from discussing their idiocy.

The girl at the coffee shop this morning complimented my belt.

I thanked her and mentioned that my co-workers tease me about it. She said that she gets teased by her coworkers everyday. So I now have a new friend with blue hair and facial piercings.

Finally, another game from S. http://members.iinet.net.au/~pontipak/redsquare.html