I'm packing my bags and getting out of this refrigerator we call the Pacific Northwest.

More specifically, Scott, Katrine and I are heading down to stay with Gramps in Palm Desert, Calif., for a few days.
The weather in Palm Desert:
This, combined with SPF 10,000 suntan lotion, should provide the following result:

Last night, Katrine left me in my hell of back pain to attend an invite-only event at Cafe Vita to drink crappy coffee -- literally.

At the "cupping" (the coffee snob's way of saying "coffee tasting") she drank Kopi Luwak, which is a coffee that is prepared using coffee cherries that have been eaten by an Asian Palm Civet (small monkey-cat hybrid), partially digested, and harvested from its feces.

In fewer words, Katrine drank coffee brewed from beans crapped out by a monkey-cat.

Kopi Luwak is the world's most expensive coffee, retailing between $120 and $600 per pound. That's some expensive shit.

On Injured Reserve List

As many of you know, I have been immobile and on strict bed rest since injuring my back running stairs Sunday morning. Thanks to everyone for visiting, emails, cards, flowers, etc.

I got to the doctor this morning and have been diagnosed with severe muscle spasms. Until these drugs kick in, Katrine will remain my on-call butler and I'll make a bigger dent in the couch.