This is a short message, esp from me. No photos. We just got back from three nights at the Luxor Hotel on the fabulous Las Vegas Strip. More about that later.

It looks like some kind of shit is going to hit the fan for the soft drink industry sometime soon. Coca Cola bought at least four full-page ads in today's USA Today (I lost count). One was about their wide range of products, from Dasani water to regular Coke, so no matter what your balanced diet, they have a product for you. Another was about how much they care about school children. Another was about how they put the calorie count for the beverage on the front of the can as well as in the nutrition information on the back, and another was about how their water bottles are more green than ever, made partially from plant-based material and partly from recycled plastic bottles.

Can't wait to find out what that's all about.

Cold and windy here. Trash all over the place blowing around. We didn't put up Christmas lights, good thing because they might have blown off the house.

We're lying low for the holiday, catching up with things around here after being gone.

I need to decide what festive things I'm going to do to celebrate Christmas and thaw out some meat.