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This time of year is always the same. There's just nothing to do. We sit around all day, doing the Jumble or trying one more time to read One Hundred Years of Solitude. Once in a while someone goes to the store for sticky buns. The mind wanders like a mote. What to do?

There's crocheting. Not just fun but useful. Or volunteering for Meals on Wheels. The point is not to just sit around. Go for a walk, keep active, otherwise you'll stiffen up. Not only physically but mentally. Lying on a blanket reading or thinking is fine, but not in excess. The blood should keep flowing lest the body atrophy. Flex the hands now and then to improve circulation.

Sebastian Bach, famous rocker, guest starred on The Gilmore GIrls last night. Wow, is he showing his age. His face used to be beautiful and feline, almost feminine in its chiseled prettiness. Now it's sort of puffy -- still handsome, but more conventionally manly. He still has that waist-length heavy metal hair and a huge, vigorous body that was always arresting to watch because of its capacity for menace. And he did attack a little musician on Gilmore Girls. He threw himself on the guy just like he was 22. Salute, Sebastian Bach!