There's something inherently depressing about Mondays. In fact, Monday is perfect for writing poetry. Something dark and depressing, like a poem about love.

Let's move on to literature and make a blog reader poll out of it. At the end of Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe," should Ivanhoe have (1) run off with Rebekah, (2) hooked up with Rowena, or (3) continued his interesting life by keeping his armor on and going out to find new worlds to conquer?

EDITORS NOTE: In the realm of Sir Walter Scott, "Kenilworth" reigns supreme.

Mark Bigger, although holding views distinctly different from the public at large, likes to keep an ear tuned to the opinion of his readers. Your opinion matters and if it is well stated and lines up with mine, then it may be worth mentioning without ridicule on the blog.