I don't believe so, Lee.

Factoid of the Day - fruity girly drinks are good for you!

A fruity cocktail may not only be fun to drink but may count as health food, U.S. and Thai researchers said on Thursday.

Adding ethanol -- the type of alcohol found in rum, vodka, tequila and other spirits -- boosted the antioxidant nutrients in strawberries and blackberries, the researchers found.

Any colored fruit might be made even more healthful with the addition of a splash of alcohol, they report in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

I suppose I might take that as a good sign -- all the way down on the drive from Somerville to my Mom's in PA, I saw NO Bush-Cheney bumperstickers on cars. Usually by the time I get to NY I'll have waved my fist two or three times, and as you get further south I usually see more. This time, nothin'. Yes, it's further on from the last election and all, but still, I like to think that it means nobody supports them at this point....

Jess, I love the last line of that article.

Holy transit hell, Batman! I got out of work shortly after 5pm. Waited, and waited..... and waited for my bus. After 40-45 minutes (they're supposed to run every 10 minutes and they claim there are more running during construction) a 147 finally shows up and it is PACKED. No room. I wait a few more minutes in case another is right behind. No luck. So I walk a few blocks to the nearest train station. No northbound trains. All northbound trains are traveling on the elevated tracks instead of the subway this weekend. Take southbound train to nearest elevated station (along with several hundred Cubs fans and a handful of Cards fans) then take northbound train. Got home around 7:30.

I really need to run errands and I so don't want to now.

Oy. Too much laundry. And I should have done more, according to dust mite allergy guidelines. But there's no way I can find the time to wash all of my bedding every week. That's a lot of stuff. Hell, I had one whole load of krav-logoed pants. I'm tired.

And my OJ isn't tasty.

eeek, aurelia! I hope you had a book (or books) along to pass the time with!

Calgary put their back up goalie in, who slashed a Detroit player and AFTER the play took his stick double handed and hit the guy again!!!

Ahh, takes me back to the days of watching Ron Hextall play for Philadelphia. I didn't think they made goalies like that anymore.

I just got my third useful thing of the day done.

That's enough, right?

Third useful thing? I think you're golden until Tuesday.

well, they were very small things.