Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes split up. Big surprise, I know. In any case, I found it amusing that BoDog (betting site), listed the odds of a breakup pre-2005 at -125 (basically being unlikely). I wonder if they ever updated their odds after the New Year began.

Someone should create a website that lets you guess the over/under on pop culture (no money involved). For example, what's the over/under on the Britney Spears/Kevin Federline marriage? Two years seems fair. I believe that enough people polling their opinions will reach the right answer - don't you ever have a friend in a relationship that EVERYBODY knows is going to fail? Imagine if millions of people weighed in on celebrity marriages - I bet the overall over/under generated from guesses would be scarily correct (I'm aware this is not a new concept). (This also goes to a conversation I had with Han a few days ago about the inability for humans to individually escape the bell curve, and thus mediocrity. I'll write about it some other time, though).

Imagine though, if your personal friends could anonymously weigh in on your personal life decisions? Oftentimes we cloud our own judgements for a variety of reasons - I bet the people around us would make better decisions.

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Just had a great evening with Jo and Han; we decided to hold an impromptu SAD (Singles' Awareness Day) wine and cheese party.

If you're into wines, I highly recommend the Joan D'Anguera Finca L'Argata Montsant 2002; it's my favorite red wine so far. I don't really like the smooth hollow (flat?) flavors of some other red wines; this one is quite flavorful cause it's unfiltered. If you have a juicy soft steak, this wine is PERFECT (temptation abounds as I keep visiting omaha steaks). We cracked a bottle (I bought three bottles yesterday from Southern Season), got some brie cheese (amazingly good!) and some bread... it was heavenly.

I hope many more of these nights lie ahead for me in this life.