You'll might notice three things about the ticket pictured left, and if you don't see them, I'll tell you what they are anyway.

First, I saw "The Break Up." Read on for my review.

Second, I bought a movie ticket at a student price. Soon-to-be WWU graduates, I tell you this: Do not deposit your student ID card in that stupid Memory Walk time capsule. A student ID is the card that keeps giving.

Third, (correction amended; credit Karla) you're looking at the ticket and not Jennifer Aniston. I originally tried to post a picture of her, but her beauty was too overwhelming and almost destroyed the blog. I was able to safely load the movie trailer (below).

So anyway, despite mixed review by "critics," I thought the movie was great. The acting was excellent and the story was realistic. Vince Vaughn is a genius and Jennifer Aniston gave a great performance, although her attractiveness was a bit distracting. I thought it was really funny, too, as one would expect from a Vince Vaughn script.

I thought this was obvious and I don't mean to spoil the ending here, but Vaughn and Aniston's characters do break up in the movie. This came as a shock to Courtney after she saw the movie...

Courtney (sobbing): "Why couldn't they just stay together?"
Scott (heartlessly): "It's called 'The F@#&ing Break Up,' Courtney. What did you expect?"

The last time I checked, a pharmacist's job is to prepare and dispense drugs, as directed by physicians. I thought they were in the position to serve people needing medication, rather than advise or make choices for them. But, according to a new state Board of Pharmacy proposal, pharmacists have the right to decline prescriptions that are in conflict with their beliefs. That's news to me.

According to the P-I story, "The proposal gives pharmacists the right to decline prescriptions that are in conflict with their beliefs. The ruling is the result of a long-running controversy about Plan B, the emergency contraceptive -- also known as the morning-after pill."

The proposal does require pharmacists to "provide timely alternatives for the patient to obtain treatment." That could amount to little more than telling the patient to try another drugstore.

This is a slippery slope. What other drugs can conflict with a pharmacist's beliefs? Will the Scientologist pharmacist refuse to administer anti-depressants? Will the Catholic pharmacist refuse any form of birth control?

In the words of KOMO's Ken Schram, "...If pharmacists are allowed to use their religious convictions as a litmus test for dispensing medications, why doesn't the state board just come out and recommend prayer over pills? Or maybe those religiously-driven pharmacists should have become ministers instead of heath care providers."

Last week, Katrine found an inquiry about herself in the Lovelab missed connections section of "The Stranger." It read:

Pancate at Sunset Bowl 5/18
PANCATE is the name you bowled under. Thurs nite 5:18 at Sunset bowl. You- beautiful redhead in green shirt. Me - light blue shirt in lane next to you. Followup eye contact with coffee?

Katrine told me that she didn't remember who the guy was, but her friend said it was certainly a guy in the lane next to them who was there with a large family.

"Go for it and meet the guy," I told Katrine.

"If he's bold enough to put an ad in 'The Stranger' he should have been bold enough to come up and talk to me then," she said.

"I wouldn't go and hit on a girl in front of my entire family," I replied.

"Good point," she said.

Ironically, our conversation then turned to the difficulty and lack of opportunity to meet people outside of school.

You love me! You truly love me!

I was all jazzed up yesterday about "The Office" marathon. I invited friends over, bought some beer and ordered pizza for the event. I was even going to post a quiz this morning about the episodes. Yet, my night was ruined because King 5, the NBC affiliate, decided only to air half of the marathon. The 9 p.m. hour was dedicated to a special medical report.

In the words of Matt, "We're all terminal." There's another health threat. I get the picture. If I want to learn more, I'll watch the 11 p.m. news. At the 9 and 10 p.m. hours I'd prefer to watch something a little more uplifting, if you will.

Outrage possessed Pacific Northwest residents, like myself, who looked forward to watching the advertised two-hour, four-episode marathon. Fortunately, ABC/Komo 4 aired the Scripps National Spelling Bee and pacified the anger. There's something soothing and funny about watching nerdy junior high students spell words like cachinnate, kaddish, usurious and bdeilloid.

Some responses to "The Office" marathon fiasco:

• "I don't know what's happening...What the f&$#!" - Scott
• "Boycott the station! Jean Enersen is going down!" - Matt
• "Let's watch the spelling bee." - Moos
• "I need to add a Commandment to address this." - God