Today is Veterans Day. Which means that I'm going over to Bill Mauldin's house to quaff a few root beers. Props to anyone who knows what that's from.

But seriously, I'm off today. I love November. Between Election Day, Veterans Day and Thanksgiving, there are so many holidays that close my office. So what did I do? Shoe shopping. Yes I now have a new pair of boots, a new pair of brown leather shoes, a new pair of sneakers and a new pair of NY Mets slippers. That should hold me for another year or two.

Oh yeah, Arafat died last night. Next on the list - Fidel Castro. Actually that guy will probably never die. He outlasted Kennedy. Outlasted Khruschev. Castro will probably outlast us all. Sigh.