It being Friday afternoon (and me being trapped in the house due to grinding traffic), I wanted to share with you a Fridayish tidbit.

There is a very famous anchor in Mexico who closes her Friday evening news in a special way. You can officially add to the category of memorable signoffs like "goodnight and good luck," "stay classy San Diego" and "be nice to people," this one: "Hoy toca." 

I have been thinking for awhile about how to translate that into English, and the closest I can come is "Today is the day." If you say, "Hoy toca Starbucks," it means "it's Starbucks day!" as in, this is the day of the week you traditionally go to Starbucks.

When you just say "Hoy toca" without being more specific, well, you're talking about sex. "Friday - it's sex day!" And she usually has a devilish little smile when she says it.

So there's your cultural/linguistic trivia for the day.

And it beats the heck out of "see you on the radio." (No offense, Charles Osgood.)

(If you've gotta see it for yourself, just go to about 47:45 on this newscast  from last Friday... where she emphatically adds that "we deserve it.")