Monday

A bit of a funny day. Early spin. Then Monday stuff. After work, an attorney friend from C-town came in for dinner and drinks. He has some meetings in town tomorrow. We did the high end for pre-meal cocktails at Biaggi's, but finished with ribs at the old Kelly's Bar by St. Ambrose. Very cool.

I had lunch with my pal Roy today (at the new Kelly's on 53rd Street), and made the prediction that Iowa wouldn't win five games in the conference this year, and would win zero conference games on the road. That's a pretty rough future for the Hawks. This situation at the same time that former coach Steve Alford's New Mexico team is undefeated and in the Top Twenty-five this week. Ouch.

Paul Samuelson died yesterday at age 94. His Economics 101 text was used by colleges throughout the country. It was the standard at ND. The book was frequently revised and the joke was that the questions stayed the same, they just had to change the answers. So you had to buy the new revision rather than last year's edition. The money machine worked back then too.

Another birthday noted in the news recently was that of country music singer (and newly crowned CMA Entertainer of the Year) Taylor Swift. She turned 20. I have found that her work, while appealing to the younger set, is a bit uninspiring to me. Her high school angst at lost love rings a little hollow to a guy with Sometimers.

On the subject of Christmas cards, I remember sending a few to adult friends in my USAF years. These would have been the parents of high school or college friends. Specifically, I remember writing on the cards as a personalized greeting, the quote from the song White Christmas: "May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmas's be white." I mean how lame was that? And the recipients were probably saying, thanks LtPC, but, uh, we really have no need for snow. Duh!

OK. To bed.

BCOT