Fresh outta words after writing a U.S-Mexico preview

I've used up all my words recently. Thanks to travel and a daybook full of assignments, I'm plum out. Empty as a theater showing a Mel Gibson movie.

Until I can make a Costco run and load up on industrial sized supplies of fresh verbs, adverbs, descriptive adjectives and clever metaphor, help yourself to these recent selections:

Before Saturday's biggie at the Rose Bowl, review the U.