Clinton has informed me that he doesn't have a sister, Spaw, but if he did I venture to predict that she would be the lowest blow in town.

Anyway, Kat may be referring to my Shambles comment as the "low blow", but that is honestly what I DO picture in my mind when I see the name "Shambles". I picture old Aqualung. It has nothing to do with my estimate of Roger's character, it is simply the image the name itself dredges forth from my imagination for some reason.

We had a hamburger joint named "Shambles" just south of Orillia on the highway. It was there for many years, and it never seemed to have much business. We always would laugh when driving by, because who in his right mind would call a place of business by the name "Shambles"? One has to wonder. Anyway, the Shambles hamburger joint finally went bust a couple of years ago, after Shane stopped eating there on his occasional trips to Toronto. It stands now, vacant and forlorn (just like Shane himself), a sad reminder of a glorious past that lives on only in local memory. One day that will also be true of my Shatner statue and my collection of Winona Ryder pics.

"Sic transit gloria mundi."