Leap Day 101

Since Leap Day doesn't come around very often, I think it is best that we all take full advantage of this very special day.  And in an effort to make your Leap Day the best it can be, allow me to offer you the following Leap Day party tips:

• First, forget about politics for the day.  It's an election year - you have the next nine months to listen to those talking heads bad mouth each other.  Take today off.  (In fact, I think that is the whole reason leap day coincides with election years - it gives us all a break from the politicians...)

• Forget the diet.  Sure you've been doing well with your New Year's Resolution diet, but this day only comes around once every four years.  Enjoy it!  So break out that can of Vienna sausages, fry up that SPAM, and nacho cheese that buttered popcorn.  Enjoy all those foods you would never eat otherwise.  And if you overindulge, just remember - Pepto cures everything...

• Be sure to dress for success.  Break out that toga, that Snuggie, or that birthday suit.  Leap Day doesn't come around very often, so you might as well dress comfortably.

• When it comes to decorating your home for Leap Day, consider filling the house with such things as:  bunnies, ten lords with restless leg syndrome dressed in their Christmas finest, or some Playboy playmates on trampolines - anything that generally likes to leap, you know...

• Lastly, be sure to invite all your friends to the party.  After all, as my mother always says - "Life is too short to be around people you don't like."  And that is especially true on Leap Day.