getting ready to kick back

This has been a rotten week and it's only getting rottener. I am trying to remind myself that sometimes you need to get kicked in the balls a few times before you can justify life-improving scrotum surgery, but with each successive kick it gets tougher, man.

I'm looking forward to Munich. Just to be away from stuff for awhile. Thanks for the tips, GWeb, Kissel, etc. Thanks to Isired for the fine photoshop job on yesterday's pic of the day.

Kissel continued his late-season surge with yesterday's ArchieBunkercalleditdat response, even giving us a word for word recollection: "You're gonna get Reagan in 1980." Archie had written in Reagan's name on the ballot and was giving Meathead the business after Carter won. For those who enjoy a brief and superficial take on history, here's Wikipedia on Reagan's role in the 1976 election.

I haven't seen a Yankee game this year. How's Meacham been in the field?

How many men survived the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis? No googling, 8 points to whoever's closest, 12 points for an exact hit.