So, I\rquote ve been toying with online radio stations of late. It\rquote s like the radio, but you can listen through Microsoft\rquote s\rquote Media player. I\rquote ve been hooked on \lquote Choice Radio\rquote which plays soft hits of the 70s and 80s. Things like \lquote Brandi\rquote and \lquote Rich girl\rquote and W-O-L-D. Actually, I\rquote d never heard that last one before. Harry Chapin. Not very good.

Anyway, it is a little limited, as there are usually only 15 or so songs in the rotation, which changes it seems twice a day. So, if you leave it on for too long, you get repeats.

Actually, sometimes it feels like it\rquote s a lot of repeats. I mean, who wants to listen to the same music again and again and again? Like some horrible AM version of Groundhog day?

Forget I brought it up!

(Actually, I still listen. We don\rquote t get radio reception where I work. And I don\rquote t have a radio anyway.)

***** Update" They just played that 'Tamborine Man' song. I love that song. Take me for a trip upon your magic swirling ship. All my senses have been stripped and my hand can't feel to grip...

A senator from Oklahoma hopes to revive cockfighting by putting tiny boxing gloves on the roosters.

To try to revive it, he has proposed that roosters wear little boxing gloves attached to their spurs, as well as lightweight, chicken-sized vests configured with electronic sensors to record hits and help keep score.

"It's like the fencing that you see on the Olympics, you know, where they have little balls on the ends of the swords and the fencers wear vests," said Shurden. "That's the same application that would be applied to the roosters."

Sadly (or not surprisingly, depending) he\rquote s a democrat.

In our world or automatic phone answering, I am forever typing in information before speaking to a person, allegedly to help speed the process along when I actually DO speak to a person. Things like my zip code, account number, phone number, date of birth, ect.

I\rquote ve noticed, however, that the information is never actually used. Inevitably, when I actually do speak to someone, they ask me for all the same information as I had to punch in.

Does this make sense? Why did I punch in the information if they never use it? Is it just to keep my busy, so the wait time seems less? Is it a test? Or did the companies run out of money and never initiated the all important second part, sending the information to whoever gets the phone call?

Could you imagine going to McDonalds and having to punch your order into a computer, then when you get to the counter, having them ask \lquote Can I take your order\rquote ?

We\rquote d never put up with it. Of course, on the phone, you have no choice. You have to jump through whichever \lquote hoop\rquote they throw in your way just on the hope you\rquote ll get on the waiting list for a real person.

That\rquote s me, lately. I feel like I photocopied a day and just keep replaying it, with minor changes. Wake. Work. Lunch. Train. Gym. School. Train. Shower. Sleep. Wake. Work. Lunch. Train. Gym. School. Train. Shower ...

It\rquote s an amazing excess of mundane. I need to do something to break it up. Problem is what? And when?

Could all of this be because Mike and I finished the last season of Sex in the City? It was perfect \endash a half hour show that was new and easily fit into our schedule.

They re-did the grout that the gym I go to on weeknights. It\rquote s nice and white, but they have it behind this horrible plastic wrap with bright blue tape. So it\rquote s like showering in a construction zone.

Mike put up these IKEA window panels in the apartment.

Basil says \lquote Hi\rquote . Not really, but he does say \lquote Hello\rquote . And \lquote StepUp\rquote . He\rquote s going a little bald, so we have to take him to the vet. Mike thinks he caught it from me. I think it\rquote s because we have the heat on.

Here at Mischief Inc, we pride ourselves in being ahead of the curve, or as the French say ‘en avant de l'âne’. So, it falls upon me to help you, the ‘behinds’ keep up with the modern cinema (or, as the French call it: cinéma ).

So, here are some upcoming trailers you might be interested in:

Bewitched: With Nicole Kidman
Chicken Little : With Joan Cusack
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy : With no one I recognize.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory : With Johnny Depp
Sin City : With Bruce Willis (You probably don't care about this, but it looks cool).
The Pink Panther : With Stever Martin.