Top five showers:

5. The before bedtime shower on a hot summer night.
4. The post-workout shower.
3. The post-coital shower.
2. The "I've been camping for three days without a shower" shower.
1. The "I've been at the beach all day and I'm covered with sand, salt and sunblock" shower.

Movie review - "Bubba Ho-Tep"

Is it a metaphor for how we treat the elderly in this country? Is it a redemptive tale about rediscovering your true self? Is it really just about Elvis and JFK taking on a mummy? I don't think I've ever come across such an oddly compelling combination of "bittersweet" and "completely absurd". Not for everyone, but I found it very enjoyable. Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis are just about perfect in the lead roles.

Top twenty albums of the last twenty years in no particular order (or "Oh God, not another list..."):

Radiohead "OK Computer"... Nirvana "Nevermind"... R.E.M. "Automatic for the People"... Folk Implosion "One Part Lullaby"... New Pornographers "Electric Version"... Pavement "Slanted and Enchanted"... Rushmore Soundtrack... Beck "Odelay"... White Stripes "Elephant"... Moby "Play"... U2 "Achtung Baby"... Nirvana "In Utero"... The Pixies "Trompe Le Monde"... Sugar "Copper Blue"... Purple Rain Soundtrack... Dr. Dre "The Chronic"... Nine Inch Nails "Pretty Hate Machine"... The Lemonheads "It's a Shame About Ray"... Weezer (The Blue Album)... Def Leppard "Hysteria"...

(Honorable mention - Guns N' Roses "Appetite for Destruction")

I've done 200 jumping jacks each day for the last two days in karate. My calves hate me right now.

If you have any friends that are even remotely considering voting for Bush, take them to see "Fahrenheit 9/11".

If I had my own bumper sticker company:

It's a choice, not a child.

I (heart) sluts.

I (heart) porn.

I (heart) carbs.

Nice rack!

I just f***ed your wife.

My kid could kick your honor student's ass.

I'm a Boston Red Sox negative thinker.

I just got back from an almost perfect week in Gloucester, Mass. I've got a bunch of thoughts to share from the week, but I'm a little reluctant to start writing them down. Once I start writing about my vacation, that will somehow mean it's really over...

I got my brown belt. I rule.

You know when you jump in the pool, and everything looks clear at first, but then it gets all murky once you start stirring things up a bit?

Therapy is a lot like that.

If at all possible, I highly recommend avoiding trying to get two fillings replaced and going to a wake in the same day.