I hope to break even this week. I need the money

Well, I am counting down the days left in Winter. After a high of eight degrees today, I did some math and I think we have approximately forty more days of winter. I am so ready for spring. I hope all of you had a fantastic weekend. In the year 2008, this has been my best weekend. I had a friend from Illinois make a surprise trip to Minnesota, saw some friends up here, and of course, a weekend is not complete unless I spend Saturday night with the Bobbins. On Friday, I played some pool with friends and then all of us headed downtown to try a relatively new restaurant, Masa. I really enjoyed it. It is kind of by Brit's Pub and Vincent's. After that, we did some bowling, listened to some "punk" music at the bowling alley and then headed home to drink some wine and have a good time. Saturday, we went to a sports bar and watched Iowa State beat Nebraska in basketball before heading to Mystic Lake Casino where all of us lost money. After losing money, some of us pretty badly, it was a cheap dinner at Wendy's and off to Robbins' crib. With me living with the family and all, it was really great to catch up with some friends. I hope to do weekends like this more often.

1. A special message for Josh Koo. Now that you are 21, please visit in Minneapolis. Ames' bar scene will do you no good.

2. About once a week I check to see what bands are coming to Minneapolis. I am on a bit of a concert drought here. I see that Elvis Costello and The Police are coming this spring. I am a big Costello fan and I was very dissapointed about five years ago when Costello put on one of the lamest shows I have ever seen.

3. I am really excited to see what happens at the Wisconsin primary today. I was watching MSNBC this morning and their surveys had a statistical tie.

4. Also while watching the news, I saw that former President Bush will endorse John McCain. I have a question for all of you. Are there any organizations or people's endorsments that could make you sway who you are planning on voting for? I don't know for myself.