Combining (a) the fact that it is pretty dang cold here (minus 30 last I checked) and they are about to close my office because it is supposed to get colder (they are forecasting minus 37 which is near where the celsius and fahrenheit scales intersect) and (b) your reference to that stinky female lounge rat (god rest her soul) results in (c) making me think of a song the boys have dusted off and performed on this tour again after last performing it over 20 years ago.

The relevant verse is -- She's so cold, she's so cold I think she was born in an arctic zone. Strangely enough, I can tell you that the girls born in THIS arctic zone are more like bleeding volcanoes or the burning bush than a tombstone or an ice cream cone. Also, I do hate it when this song applies to my handicapping.

I am very enthusiastic about the boys' upcoming halftime performance. I will also be catching them in Las Vegas on March 4, Goteborg on June 10, and St. Petersburg on June 13 (How cool will it be to see them performing Sympathy for the Devil in St.Petersburg?), so anybody else thinking of being at any of those shows, we can try to meet beforehand!

Anyway, I realize I started this string, but I have to sign off now and will not be signing back on until they let us turn our electricity back on. In the meantime, I will need to borrow a line from McCartney/Lennon and see if "come and keep your comrade warm" still works over here. It is becoming more and more like the USSR everyday.

Do Svidaniya to all, and oodacha to those of you in the NHC.

Lets avenge that dastardly Monkey Man theft!