On an entirely light and frivolous note, I was driving past the teeming Burlington Mall yesterday, and I had to laugh at the sign out front, which advertised Paws and Claus Day this Sunday. That's right, you can have your pet's picture taken with Santa. Just to get it out of the way quickly, let me ask -- what the hell kind of a world are we living in? Would it be appropriate to go and specifically mug these people and give their money to charity, since they seem to have enough of it to waste on this? *Froth froth* OK, I'm losing the light and frivolous and heading towards Lefty Grinch Girl...anyway, let's think of the poor Santa, he deserves hazard pay for this! Imagine the guy who brings his python...actually, that might look kinda cool.