I've never bothered to look up the dining rules of etiquette, but I'm sure it says when you should use a fork and when you should use a spoon.

As I began to learn my "manners", I tried to eat everything I could with a fork. Spoons were for soup, ice cream, and little kids. If you had the skill, you used a fork for everything that wasn't a liquid.

But now I find myself going back to my childhood. I am using a spoon much more often. Without thinking about it, I found myself eating peas and corn with a spoon - so much easier.

It doesn't change the taste or sensation of the food, the way chopsticks can do. But it falls into that category of how Americans cut their meat with the knife in the right hand, fork in the left, then put the knife down and eat the meat with the fork in the right hand. In Europe, they don't waste all that time and energy and just eat the meat with the fork in their left hand.

You can see it's been a slow evening - but I wonder if others obsess about this kind of trivia the way I do. It's a lot less aggravating than reading all that stuff on OMNI PR.

Oh yes, our beloved Giants just blew a 4 run lead in the 9th inning and got swept by Washington - some immediate diversion is essential!