LIFE IS NOT THAT BAD AT HAGEWINKEL!! It doesn't take much to amuse me. Usually upper-case letters and exclamation marks will do. For example, I just got a big laugh reading an email reproduced at Wonkette. On the surface, it reflects a conflict at a place called Am Hagewinkel, but deep down it's about things so universal we can all understand them: the jungle gym, the cute puppies, the skateboarding husband.

Plus, there's this: "I am not sure if you lived in either Palm Beach, Beverly Hills, Long Island, Scottsdale, or any of the other extremely upscale communities in the United States." Long Island?

Anyway, when life gets you down, just remember: There is life outside of Hagewinkel.

BECAUSE THERE IS!!!