Here are some lyrics from this extremely catchy band I'm listening to today, called the Moldy Peaches. This one is a very sweet ballad sung as a duet by two women.

Just because I don't say anything
doesn't mean
I don't like you
Without forty ounces of social skills
I'm just an ass in the crack of humanity
I'm just a huge manatee
A huge manatee

The more uptempo song "Steak for Chicken" is sung as a duet also, this time with a man and a woman. Sometimes they sing slightly different lyrics.

Mardi Gras came and went
All my money has been spent
How'm I gonna pay the rent
Sitting on [she: my ass/he: your face]
Who mistook the steak for chicken?
Who'm I gonna stick my dick in?

O get on the Greyhound and ride away
Live on birthday cake each day
Tell your grandparent's they're OK (he: they're gay)
Kiss their cheek and run away
Cause me an my friends are so smart
We invented this new kind of art
Postmodernist throwing darts
Smoking crack and cutting . . . crack
Who mistook this crap for genius?
Who is gonna stroke my penis?

O people are shiny like a brand new book
But if you get a closer look
There's shit on every hand you shook
If you don't believe me,
Look at your hand!

"Night of the Living Dead Poet's Society" -- yes!

Prepare to feel smackdown, on my mark.

Allo KT! You know, I have made Britt's enchiladas two or three times now, since scoring the recipe earlier this year. It's had an enormous effect on my life -- I feel a lot more alert, people seem to respond to me better, they ask me if I've lost weight, I have more energy in the morning, and unsightly hairs are falling out of my back in squadrons!

How are you?

A Reader Asks: Do you find it odd that Denny's is promoting its Grand Slam breakfast of eggs, bacon and sausage with a campaign starring the Muppets characters Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy? Doesn't Miss Piggy know where bacon and sausage come from?

Stuart Elliott: Denny's is unintentionally following an odd but true tradition in food advertising to feature characters that urge consumers to buy their products with the unspoken conclusion that following their advice will result in the characters' consumption.

Classic examples include Chiquita Banana and the Pillsbury Doughboy. A more recent example comes from Canada, where, according to Marketing Magazine, the Canadian advertising trade publication, Quaker Oats is introducing Spudz, a line of air-popped potato crisps, with a campaign by Downtown Partners in Toronto that features the Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head characters. In one commercial, Mr. Potato Head comes home to find his spouse devouring Spudz and explaining that she could not help herself because the product is irresistible.