SIDE SALAD - Everything crunchy is good.

HEY, KIDS! WHAT COLOR SOCKS IS MITCH WEARING?

Don't know.

But I do know that yesterday was a turning point of sorts: his fourth day in a row without wearing white crew socks. Wednesday's color: camel.

The good thing: You can feel Mitch embracing his inner Big Boy by wearing these socks. There's an energy to his empowerment.

The bad thing: He's essentially matched the drab colors of the office carpet for the past four days. We've seen no plum, no fuscia, no chartreuse. All have been so drab, they've given earth tones a bad name.

And Wednesday came and went without having witnessed a necktie on him.

Mitch says he's holding out. We just think he's scared.

To be continued...