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What I'm currently listening to: Manhattan Transfer's Bodies and Souls. (Very scary: when I went to look up the link at Amazon.com it said in the list "Customers who bought titles by Manhattan Transfer also bought titles by these artists:" included "Dolly Parton."

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Hey, ABC, I'll Be a Millionaire

Am I the only person who was totally addicted to "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"  I couldn't tear myself away. It was so cool to know that every night at 8:30 I could match wits with people who have speedy phone skills.

I did call the 900 number one time, and blew it on the third question. I was supposed to be putting holidays in the order they occur from January to December, and I had never ever heard of one of the holidays. I had no idea when it fit in.

So I'm depressed that it's over. Regis said they'd be back in November but I'm betting that they'll be back sooner. The show did far too well in the ratings. And with a new wave of trashy programs to be unleashed on us any day now, they'll be looking to replace something in the line-up with a proven winner.  Besides, how much money could it possibly cost to produce this show? At a buck-fifty a phone call, they made back all the money they handed out as prizes if a million people made one call.   Or if 500,000 people made two. (You get the picture, right? If the math is confusing to you, drop me an email.)

Congrats, Jason and Dawn!

Congrats to Jason and Dawn on the occasion of their marriage! Dawn is a cool new addition to the family, and Mookie already loves her! (Jason is Keith's brother, for the record.)

I just wanted to put a little note in here, so that their wedding announcement will now be part of the vast wasteland we all know and love as the internet. In a month or so they'll even be able to find themselves in search engines! Woo Hoo!

What on Earth Happened to Summer

I may be the only person who feels this way, so don't go complaining to me. This is my personal opinion, okay?  But dammit, where did summer go? Did I forget to stop and smell the grass pollen yet again? Man, you'd think that just ONCE I'd take the time to actually enjoy those hazy days of summer. I don't even have a decent song stuck in my head that will haunt me as the official song of the summer of 99.  I know for a fact that there must be one, but I didn't hear it.  I have heard the characters from Sesame Street sing "She'll Be Comin Round the Mountain" just one or two times too many, however.

Keith said he was going to take me to the beach four times this year, and so far I think we've got either 2 or 3 hits. That means I get at least one more trip to the coast.  I may not get to go swimming, but at least I'll see the ocean, and that's all that matters. Of course, we'll have to keep Mookie way very far away from it because the last time we went to the beach, he ran straight for the water and I couldn't get him out of it. He had a total blast, and it's a good thing the water was unreasonably warm, because I was stuck standing in shin-deep water for about an hour.

Besides, I need another shot of clam chowder.

Aquarius with Saturn Rising

Next time you see that commercial with the two Saturn salespeople videotaping the new sedan for the customer who is out of town, think of me. We bought one last Friday.

This is a nice piece of equipment, V6, with a handful of bells and whistles (although we opted out of all of them.)  I am very very impressed with this car, and I assume that soon they will be everywhere you look.

Ours is green. We wanted silver but I refused to wait six weeks while they built it.   I didn't want to take the chance of something going horribly wrong with the Jetta (our trade in) before we got our hands on the new car. So we picked the nicest one on the lot...out of the 7 available.

We belong to the Cult of Saturn!!!

The List:

Favorite Liquid Refreshment

• Raspberry Kool-Aid (unavailable)
• Cape Cod Dry Cranberry Ginger Ale
• Poland Springs Water
• Coffee Coolatta