SIDE SALAD - Everything crunchy is good.

FRIDAY TIME WASTER

I've written several times about the addictive little game that features a yeti smacking a penguin Home Run Derby-style. It morphed eventually, as things on the Web tend to do, into a steroid-choked version (Think Barry Bonds) and a blood-soaked Passion of The Penguin. There's also a version in which an orca smacks penguins with his tail, but that one was too complex. Simplicity was this game concept's strongest virtue.

Now there's a new favorite of the Salad Bowl: The Kitty Cannon.

Good thing there's a three-day weekend coming up.