I remember watching Oprah when she co-hosted a Baltimore morning show. I think I was maybe 6 or 7. And the divide between Oprah and me as it existed in the Year of Our Lord 1980 grew only bigger as the decades wore on.

Oprah, for example, has her "Aha!" moments where her endless self-examination collides with some outer-Oprah event, distilling for her - to the point of Buddhist-like clarity - some life lesson.

Yes, Oprah has her "Aha!" moments...

..... and we have our "Oh shit!" moments...

... like, for example, today, when our accountant emailed us to find out how much we had paid in quarterly taxes for 2007. Between you and me, didn't know we hadta pay quarterly taxes.

Oops...