...but seriously,West Coast people need to be assured that they're still in the Northern Hemisphere,not the Southern one where Christmas heat waves and June-July blizzards are the norm.At least according to current forecast models,next week actually looks normal,with 80-degree days that have been rare in NorCal so far in 2010...

Don't know how different it would have been for my Habs had the Pliers failed to rally from either their 3 games to 1 series deficit against Boston or their 3-0 deficit in that pivotal game 7;but hopefully,the likes of Antti Niemi and Jonathan Toews can end the Blackhawks' 49-year Cup drought...

BTW,I nailed Estark in 34 turns to unlock that final pachisi board in Dragon Quest V,and it never came to using those spare Yggdrasil leaves.BTW,my hero was around level 75...

Happy birthday to both Satsuki Yukino(who turns 40 already!)and Ayumi Furuyama(who turns 37)...