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My hangover from yesterday has lasted longer than the normal 24 hours, which may explain the really pointless drivel contained herein.
But FWIW, I talked to Pastor Paul this morning who called to see how yesterday went and he said that lately he's been taking Mondays off (he normally takes Friday) because he's felt so whooped.

We're sitting here watching an old episode of Law & Order because the BCS game is a blow-out. One of the characters said, "Revenge is a meal best served cold." I told Pam that was a good line, worth remembering. She told me that it's an old saying.
I think it bothers me that my wife knows that saying.

The Nelsons had squirrels living under their back porch. Their next door neighbor, Mr. Johansen, suggested they put some lutefisk under the porch. The smell would drive the squirrels away. He asked them a week later if it worked and Bob responded, "Yes, but now we have a family of Norwegians living under there."

I filed online this morning to reserve the name Pathway Bible Church. Then I downloaded the forms that have to be filled out to actually establish the non-profit corporation. The stack of forms in standard legalese. Monday is not the day to dive into that.

I like the Jimmy Dean commercials for their breakfast microwave meals, the ads with the guy in the sun suit. My favorite has the cloud, who prefers cereal and milk for breakfast. But they did a perfect job of casting the guy who plays the sun.
Do you remember Jimmy Dean? I think Grandma Helen had a crush on him. He did have a great voice.

This BCS game features LSU playing Ohio State. Except that the real name is The Ohio State University. They make a big deal out of that definite article. If you've ever seen one of the pros introducing himself in the opening minutes of an NFL game you may have heard some no-neck lineman identify his alma mater as The Ohio State. Apparently the definite article is more important that the fact it's a university.
I think that's because there are a lot of extra definite articles left floating around. The English don't use them when they should. Go to London and you'll hear someone say, "He went to hospital yesterday." Don't ask me why the very proper Brits have made this piece of bad grammar part of accepted speech, but the result is that the folks at OSU have stepped up to use those leftover and orphaned definite articles.

Q: What did you do upon completion of 12th grade?
A: "I graduated __________ School."
Do you put the preposition in there? Some people, for reasons I've never understood, say "I graduated High School." No you didn't. The phrase "graduated high school" makes high school the object of the verb graduated. It makes you the actor, graduating the action, and high school the direct object.

I don't really obsess about this stuff. But on a Monday night with a blow-out game and the third time through Law & Order reruns it does cross my mind.