T-Pain just popped up on my Itunes shuffle, and I’m pretty sure it’s a sign. In his song, “Bartender,” T-Pain has broken up with his girlfriend and heads to a club. Long story short, he spots the bartender, she makes them drinks to drink, they then drunk ‘em (got drunk) and now he knows she thinks he’s cool. And the rest is history. More...

I have to admit, I pretty much live my life by Beach Boys lyrics: fun fun fun, let's go surfin' now, help help me Rhonda, etc. However, their oft-quoted sentiment, "I wish they all could be California girls," I have to question. This Tuesday, I hopped a plane to California for a mid-week visit to some friends who recently moved from Chicago to Los Angeles. (Plus, our fair city was turning into a gigantic slushie and I had recently lost my mittens.) More...