Well, it isn't snowing here...

...but it is in Harvard Square.

My best friend is in Cambridge, MA becoming far more edified than will ever really be appreciated in the position he has as Supreme Ruler of the Hero Corp. But we are proud of him and really hopes he brings back to his biggest supporter in the Hero Corp an XL Harvard sweatshirt. Veritas Christo et Ecclesiae... or Veritas for those of us in a hurry. Hurry home.

Today to combat the gloom I went and got a pedicure. I know it is an extravagance that would put about $33 a month back in the coffers but I look at it like this... I get a free Vietnamese lesson, tips and pointers on the best places to go get fresh SE Asia veggies and seafood, all the local gossip and if I am lucky Oprah is on and I can see exactly what I am not missing in the world. Today we were privileged to see the Octomom get brought to task about her finances by Suze Orman. The Pedicure Ladies and I (it was a slow afternoon in the salon) all agreed in my broken Vietnamese and their broken English that she was a few tacos short of a Combination Platter and near as I could translate, a pantleg short of a clean pair of underwear (any errors in translation are completely my fault). But you get the point.

I know Oprah is an icon in our society and you have to admit her story is impressive. However, despite the barriers she crossed and the leaps and bounds she has made for women, for women of color, for our society at large she has claimed that her greatest accomplishment has been to lose weight. Really? Lose weight. Not go from Industrial Size to Now-I-Don't-Need-Heart-Surgery, but to lose 50 lbs. I thought there would be more. I am just saying....

That is all. I am out of wine and I really do not think that that should be a condition to last much longer.

In vino veritas... thank you Mr. Pliny the Elder