By the way, the geekboy reviews The Force Unleashed videogame over at gagglefrak.

After my haircut, I stopped by this little gourmet market to pick up something nice for lunch. I totally pigged out on fresh mozzarella, tomato and pesto on focaccia. SO GOOD. Even better, I noticed that the market now sells hot red pepper taralles from a local place in Bloomfield. A friend of ours introduced us to these, which are basically Italian hard pretzels. More about them here. I picked up a bag, natch.

I hate writing “slow blogging morning” as a title for a post…I remember writing, “I have nothing to blog about today” on Sept. 11, 2001. Ugh. ANYWAY. It IS a slow blogging morning. Everyone is worn out from politics and Wall Street talk, so what to discuss? Did you see that Heather Locklear got arrested over the weekend? I love her and it makes me sad when she’s in trouble.

What else…I’m getting a haircut today! Are you thrilled? I knew you’d be thrilled. Friday is my 40th birthday, if you can believe that. I certainly can’t. So the geekboy and I decided to celebrate with a beach weekend down in Point Pleasant. I’m really looking forward to it. As I was telling an old high school friend the other day, I sure don’t feel 40. Or I guess I don’t feel like what I always imagined 40 to be. My grandmother, who is in her 90s, used to tell me on her birthday, “I don’t feel this old. I still feel like a kid.” Yep, me too. Of course, yesterday I realized I’m growing a Zit Family down by my chin. Unfair. However, my cold is finally beginning to clear up, so I’ve got that going for me.

Also, the next person who tells me that “Forty is the new _____” gets a punch in the throat.