People always ask how I like Pittsburgh.  I smile and say, "It's different".  Last night I finally got a reason the love Pittsburgh.  Something caught my eye in the paper.  A bar had three bands for $5.  Virtually extinct in Chicago, the 3 bands/$5 animal thrives in Pittsburgh.  I'm not talking about saving money.  It's the experience of going to a dive bar crammed with unpretentious people listening to goofy music.  The possibility of experiencing this is inversely proportional to the cover charge.  Or is it directly proportional?  Shit.  I can't believe I taught math for 10 years.  Anyways, what I'm trying to say, is that the experience gets more rare, as the cover charge goes up.  Apparently, Pittsburgh has no shortage of 3/$5 action.  Good times ahead.

The highlight?  The Bust.  They rocked.  One song had just one line: "he was the fittest of them all".  Each time they sang the line (in Weezer-like harmony), it got more over-the-top euphoric.  Speaking of Weezer, the Bust nerds made Weezer look like GQ models.

Family talk: I played another one of Asia's dumb games.  In her game I was a BROWN hog.  What the bogus?