"Ozzy Says No to Black Sabbath Reunion"

Osbourne adds, "I had girlfriends when I was younger and I would go, 'Oh, I would really like to go back with Shirley,' and then you do and you go to yourself, 'What the f**k was I thinking?'"

"Al Gore"

The weather has warmed here on Golden Pond. the citizenry is back to short sleeve shirts in the afternoon as it's in the 60's. The arctic blast has momentarily gone away, and, surely, Al Gore is feeling better about his take on the end of mankind as we know it.

A lot has happened lately. An earthquake in Haiti has devastated the tiny island. Pat Robertson weighed in by saying the Haitians had made a pact some 200 years ago with the devil. Conan O'Brien is leaving the Tonight Show with 33 million and change; and Mark McGuire admitted to using steroids; and a Republican took the senate seat once filled by Ted Kennedy.

So 2010 has gotten off to a rousing start. So where do we go from here? Eh?

"Cold Weather Hits the Metropolis"

It's colder than a witches titty here on the Pond, aka Hotlanta. Except it ain't hot these days-it's freaking cold. Shirley, it's an aberration cos Al Gore would no longer be invited on Dave Letterman's show.

The schools were closed today, and I can't blame 'em. The media was doing its usual thing by warning the citizenry to stay off the roads. And one 50 year old woman died last last night when her car skidded on black ice and ran into a tree.

When I was a kid I always wanted it to snow, because I didn't want to go to school. When yours truly entered the work force, I prayed for NO snow.

Now I don't care because I am gainfully unemployed. Is that an oxymoron?

Keep warm. Don't drive on the roads unless you have to.

Gimme shelter, v.c.