In other (embarrassing) news, I'm having my ass handed to me in first Words with Friends game ever. I'll just be over cradling my humiliation to my chest.

You should play with me: I lose to all Buffistas.

I just started playing WWF yesterday.

Anyone heard this:

Yeah, that was from last night, when he went out to talk to the students gathered in front of his house. He seemed to be really uncomfortable trying to talk about the abuse, like he didn't know what words he was supposed to use so he just kind of tried any words until something sounded OK.

Pretty much, he sounded mostly like you'd expect an 84-year-old man to sound when trying to talk about sexual abuse without having something prepared. His next sentence was something like, "Life can be difficult when ... uh ... certain things happen to you."

I hear a marching band.

I'm worried about the idea of adding Xanax. I have odd feelings about it, but what I waking up with this week is a full bodied anxiety attack.

Almost there on the request going up. Gonna get some Gatorade and curl myself up, maybe call home for a little.

a short blooper reel of astronauts tripping and falling on the moon.

Oh, ha! I wish there were audio to go with that.

You could just take the Xanax when you wake up like that, so you can get a little more sleep.

I was in the midst of an anxiety attack I knew the Ambien wasn't going to do much for when I went to bed last night, and then a cave cricket jumped on my face.

Bah. The announcement for our holiday luncheon just came out: $30 for contractors, at a restaurant known primarily for hosting buffets (and not for its food--volume over quality), plus a $25 gift for the white elephant game.

... I'm unimpressed. Maybe I can arrange to be out of town for some reason.

I have fox blocker on my browser, but here is a link re: penn state and additional victims coming out after announcement of the indictments.

it seems like the total is now at 17 and rising.

We've learned there may be as many as 17 accusers coming forward against one-time Penn State University defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.

State officials publicized two phone numbers for potential victims to call, and within a day it seems investigators have new leads.

I'm worried about the idea of adding Xanax. I have odd feelings about it, but what I waking up with this week is a full bodied anxiety attack.

Oh, sure! Like I said, anecdata. YMedsMV. I've been tweaking my Rx's for years, trying to find a long-lasting working solution, and the Xanax/Ambien combo puts me to sleep in 15-45 minutes, and I wake up after 6-7 hours with no zombie-brain hangover, feeling alert and ready to live like a human.

I've found that, when I'm particularly anxious in the evening, half a Xanax relaxes me enough to sleep. And when I'm particularly anxious in the morning, half a Xanax calms me enough to face the day. But I'm talking about maybe a couple of times a year -- Xanax is highly addictive, so get your doctor's okay before taking it regulary.

What did shock me about that report was the volume of drinking that was described--the standard Saturday night out required a lot more alcohol than I ever saw in the early-to-mid 1980s. Things have changed since I was in college.

I went to a school that (during the first half of the '80s) held a beer bash (25 cent draft) on the main quad every Friday afternoon. After that, everywhere else seemed kind of tame.