An emotional roller coaster...

Good literature transports you, takes you one journey through life and all its joyous highs and crushing despairs. Which is why I try to avoid the stuff. Besides, why bother with all those pages and words when there's page 43 of the Carol Wright catalog sitting right there by the toilet? I think the family tree graced by both the Farting Santa and the Merry Christmas From Heaven ornament pretty much has the spectrum of life covered.



Even moreso than Memorial Day, Labor Day weekend has an obligation to provide good weather with which to bid summer farewell. Screw you, Labor Day 2006! We did have a good time over the weekend almost being devoured by our friends' new pit bull. OK, that may be a slight exaggeration, but that particular breed of dog does have a way of making you question exactly what your hosts meant when they invited you over "for dinner."