On our way to Winston Salem to attend the Winston Salem Theatre Alliance's absolutely wonderful production of Sordid Lives (A black comedy about white trash.), we stopped in Kernersville to do a wee bit o' shopping. After doing some fabulous shopping in Kohl's (I got a nifty corduroy sports coat with a zip-up jersey lining...), we went to that God-awful place known as Walmart (You gotta watch this movie: WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price). Thankfully, no one in our party made any purchases there. On the way back to the car (at the car, no less), was this lovely little conversation starter on the ground. 'Tis a shame I only had my cellphone to photograph it, but it's better than nothing. It's an EPT brand pregnancy test. The fact that it's just lying there in the parking lot, unpackaged and probably used, lends so many opportunities for an active imagination to run amok. How active is yours?

Susan and me after our first "Practice Party" at the new Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Greensboro. We had a good time once we stopped being so self-conscious and just did what we could. After all, we've only had one lesson! This is fun and at such a bargain! We've only spent $22 for three 30-minute personal lessons and four 30-minute practice parties. Also, we're going to the guest party on February 23rd. It's a professional dancing demonstration and (probably) some basic dance lessons. We're encouraged to bring guests to it (they gotta market somehow!) and for each guest we bring, we get two personal 30-minutes lessons (that actually translates to one lesson, since there's two of us...). So far, it looks like we may have up to seven guests! Come on! Come to the party!

You've got to check this out! It's delightfully funny.

Weekly Grocery Lists for Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist--Summer, 1962

Hey! This is also a good reason for me to post this other picture I like of Jack and Ennis...

Why would he not be sworn in? Would that be so he could lie? Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous... And Democrats demanding he be sworn in were overridden by the GOP. Imagine that. Ya think they've got anything to hide? Bastards. Stop putting these scurrilous creatures in office. They're embarrassing, hypocritical, dangerous and downright detestable. (So are the Democrats.)

Update 6: Gonzales Answers Tough Questions on Spying - Forbes.com

Monday's hearing into the NSA program got off to a rocky start when Democrats protested that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should be given a sworn oath before testifying.

Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the panel's senior Democrat, argued that Gonzales should be sworn in like any other witness. At the very least, Gonzales should be asked if he would volunteer to being sworn in, Leahy said.

"It's not up to him," said Specter, who was upheld by a quick party-line vote by the GOP-led committee.

Gonzales, who was not sworn in, told the committee he would voluntarily take the oath if the committee so desired. Either way, "my answers would be the same whether I was under oath or not," he said.

Happy Birthday, Tiffany!