Dear Billy and Elton,

(Joel and John that is...)

Your concert was fun. Really fun. More fun than I thought.

Thank you Noelle for letting me be your date (Matt - thanks for going out of town so I could be your wife's date).

Dear you know who you are,

I hope you enjoyed your little spending spree on my behalf. Thanks to email notifications, the suspicious activity on my bank account didn't go unnoticed. Nice try.

As if I shop regularly at hottopic.com and other unknown "specialty retail" stores!

It's true what Dwight sad, "Identify theft is no joke Jim. Millions of families suffer every year!"

Dear Jets,

And no, I don't mean the professional football team who lost to the Colts...or the finger snapping Shark fighting caucasians in West Side Story...or even Elton's catchy and often unknown lyrics of the song first featured on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

I mean the great 80's pop band:

From a quick poll of close friends and coworkers, apparently my family was one of few families who owned the groups albums on cassette. And I'll even stake a claim to fame and say one of the former band members married the sister of my childhood friend.

Thank goodness for great 80's music. And by great, I mean nostalgic.
I needed this today.

Dear what the,

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/karatekid/

Another classic...being remade...into a modern retelling.
But, it won't compare.
It can't.

Dear Intellect,

I'm sorry I insulted you by seeing the movie Leap Year.

The romantic comedy is a dying genre and this one should have been laid to rest well before production began. The most entertaining part was hearing/seeing the reaction of the crowd at the 12noon matinee. It was as if they had never seen a chick flick before...I on the other hand know it's bad when I predict 80% of the movie - including exact delivery of lines.

Maybe that proves I've seen one too many chick flicks...

Blast me for getting suckered in all because of an attractive male lead (Matthew Goode).

But I hope Intellect, you enjoyed the attempt to save you by seeing Young Victoria. It provided a take on actual historical events, a female lead (Emily Blunt) who didn't make me embarrassed on behalf of my gender and another handsome male lead (Rupert Friend).

Maybe this proves I'm just a sucker for a period piece...or good-looking British men.

Dear Citrus Fruit,

I miss being able to pick you off the trees in our backyard in CA.
I've never enjoyed buying oranges and lemons in the grocery store.
They can't compare.

Dear Lessons Learned,

The snowboarding season has begun and after my first day on the mountain at Snowbird, I learned the following:

1. I didn't start off better than where I ended last season. I didn't magically acquire new skills through sheer will.
2. In addition to the helmet I bought, I should have purchased knee pads. They took a beating.
3. Thank goodness for the iPod. Never leave home without it.
4. Music makes me brave.
5. I still tend to favor heel-side.
6. I love the mountain.