Now that France has gone down to a four day week, I think it’s high time we did the same. I got so much done over the last few days, I feel like i’ve had a two week vacation. Really just that extra day for getting all the weekend errands done was key.

I spent the better part of Friday getting all pretty with Aqua and installing the feline version of OSX, and so far I am very pleased. I am very happy to kick Microsoft Entourage out the house as my email program. That shit was fucking up my computer good. Aqua is very addictive and I could look at it all day, which is good, cause I do. For some reason I was under the assumption that Apple’s calendaring app ical was going to be buddled with Jaguar but it wasn’t and now I guess I have to wait till they release it sometime in September. So Since I’m getting rid of Entourage and iCal hasn’t dropped yet I have no calendaring app. So don’t expect me to show up on time to anything for awhile. Perhaps with OSX’s developer tools, I can build my own damn calendar.

The big joy of Jaguar is definitely the new Sherlock, which offers an interesting alternative to a web browser for getting times for movies, yellow page listings, ebay scores, etc. Very slick and very fast. The biggest disappointment is iphoto, which is rudimentary, slow and altogether a pain in my ass.

So yeah, I got all that techno nerdy stuff done Friday and part of Saturday and then I was able to really get into the weekend. The missis and I decided it was time to get into the car and go check out some towns that we had never been to before but knew were crawling with dusty antiques and funky old records that people had abandoned for years. After stocking up on some Devils Food Cookies we headed south east and ended up in the downtown metropolis of Red Wing, home of fine Red Wing Pottery. We immediately made the biggest score of the trip. Beautiful Crate art. Some stunning pieces were scavenged from the crates. I really dig these. Each one has a unique type face and illustration, a utilitarian concept and, colorful design.

Other cities that were conquered and pillaged of their dusty booty included, Lake City, Historic Wabasha (I swear every city in Wisconsin has the honor of being “historic”), Urne, Eau Claire, Altunna, Chippewa Falls and Hudson. We stayed overnight in Eau Claire which was pretty entertaining and tried Sunday morning to go on the Leinenkugel’s Brewery Tour but were sad to find it closed for the season. It had closed August 31st, which was the day before. Denver.

Returning home, I bought some new kicks a new CD and watched the magnificent Klaus Kinski in Aguirre, the Wrath of God. All in all a full weekend. It makes me think about what life would be like if everyone (or at least me) worked a four day week.

Finally, as of today, I am over baseball. Once and forever. The industry hates their fans. So I will no longer be one.

Also, Kelly would like you to know that her new favorite word for a total cutie is, “Foxy McFoxerson” (from Annie). Check out Foxy’s cousin Drunky McDrunkerson at MTV’s VMAs. Can you think of any other variations on this theme?