Erin recently took inventory of the number of gray hairs on my head: 18. I told her she was responsible for at least 15. She didn't think that was funny AT ALL.

In the world of salted, cured meats (spam) - I've now been using KnowSpam.net since July 1, roughly 80 or so days, and it has officially blocked 10,039 junk emails for me as of this posting.

So I'm at Dictionary.com looking up the term "divest" and I'm presented with a little cartoon on my screen with a good looking guy and good looking girl walking together and he's saying to himself "This 3rd date is going well, this could turn into something special!" and then his little thought bubble says:

And I'm stunned. The idea of cartoons advertising genital herpes medicine just seems off to me. Of course, it was attention-grabbing and did deal with the subject in a way that is a lot more realistic than walking on the beach slightly out of focus or flying kites like you see in so many tv spots for this type of product, so maybe there is something to it. Remember when cartoon people just told jokes? Those were good times.

Update: I just went to their web site and sure enough, there is the obligatory walking on the beach picture! Just when I thought they were doing a good job of marketing they've now confused me by positioning themselves like every other damn drug out there that does everything from cure depression to make the pee pee work better to stop the redness in the face (Warning: This product may cause you to walk slightly out of focus on the beach).