Today I was at my favorite little Mexican lunch spot, Tenoch, when I spied a bothersome act:

A young woman was sitting at a table and talking to her friend while flossing.

They had finished their meals, empty plates in front of them, and the young woman was taking out the teeth trash right then and there. And I, waiting for my take out order, had to witness it.

Now I feel for the her. Trust me, I do. Having worn braces myself for a couple years and knowing that flossing is the absolute devil even without braces, I knew she was climbing a steep hill. However, this was appalling to me.

Who flosses in the middle of a restaurant?! Maybe it was because of the Mexican food, but I was disgusted.

Call me a prude. I think flossing should be left behind closed doors. Eww.

Well, Anna already beat me to the punch writing about a Washington Post editorial admitting women are "the weaker sex afterall" -- afflicted by "random emotions, psychosomatic flailings and distraction by the superficial." The tongue-in-cheek article ties into Clinton and the "worst -- and, yes, stupidest -- presidential race in recent history, marred by every stereotypical flaw of the female sex."

It's a good read.

In that vein, one of the more impressive creative political writings I've read recently is authored by TV producer Gary David Goldberg, creator of Family Ties.

In his NY Times editorial, Goldberg asks who Alex Keaton, the politically active and conservative hero of Family Ties played by Michael J. Fox, would vote for in this presidential election. The article clearly has a liberal lean (eventually endorsing Obama), but it doesn't so much play up or down candidates as it does contrast conservative values of the 1980s compared to the perceived conservative values of today.

"Alex Keaton was a true conservative Republican. He was for limited government. He was strongly against government involvement in the personal lives of its citizens... And so it’s difficult to recognize in this current incarnation of the Republican Party..."

Just 25-odd years later, or during the course of my lifetime, we're seeing Republicans in power driving that which would make Alex Keaton's heroes, Nixon and Reagan, cringe -- big government, big spending and big encroachments upon civil liberties.

Last night I finally had a chance to sit down and follow the primaries. And what a night it was!

First we learned that John McCain clinched the GOP nomination. Huckabee gave a fine concession speech — until he started talking about the Battle of the Alamo. Its connection to a presidential election was lost upon me, personally.

McCain's acceptance speech was a bit bland and he was obviously reading a teleprompter like a bad Saturday Night Live guest. His crowd wasn't too lively either, but that's because his nomination came as no surprise, and the Republicans are already rallying the troops and preparing to beat the Democratic nominee come fall. W. is expected to endorse McCain today.

The GOP has gained an advantage in identifying a nominee so early. While Democrats continue to divide themselves between Obama and Clinton, and dump tens of millions of dollars into those campaigns, the Republicans are uniting, fund raising and organizing. By the time we learn who the Democratic presidential nominee is, Republicans will have a campaign underway and Democrats will face the challenge of reuniting under one leader after a brutal, expensive and personal primary season.

Clinton won big yesterday, clinching Ohio, Vermont and Texas, which revitalized her campaign and poised her for a victory speech last night that felt like she had actually won the nomination.

“No candidate in recent history — Democratic or Republican — has won the White House without winning the Ohio primary,” she said.

She still has a ways to go. Obama won Vermont yesterday, and still has the delegate lead with 1,477 pledged delegates compared to Clinton’s 1,391. He gave a speech late last night reminding his supporters that he still has the lead and reiterated the same on news programs this morning.

"Senator Clinton barely dented the delegate count yesterday," he said. "We have just taken it one state at a time and we feel very confident that by the time we get to the convention we are going to have the most delegates and we are going to be the nominee."

I'll be on a plane one week from today heading to Frankfurt. Yay!

In the meantime, I am hustlin' to get the new focuspoint CD out the door. You're all invited to join us at The Central in Pioneer Square this Saturday night for the CD release party.

Also, I just posted all the new tracks for your listening pleasure to http://myspace.com/focuspointmusic

I dislocated my shoulder again playing Wii Saturday night.

A backhand swing playing tennis did me in and left me sidelined to watch Kenna (left), Claire (right), Beard and Courtney duel each other for the remainder of the evening at the "Wii and wine" party.

Yesterday I went to the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium for the first time in God-knows-how-long to join Chris, Allie (left) and Tristan (right) for their first family outing to the zoo.

A raven asked me, "How ya doin'?" At that point, I knew I had taken one too many painkillers.