A bunch of quick things:

• Here's the trivia question that I thought would really be cool, and damned if it didn't stump the experts last Tuesday: In the song "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" - you know, as in, "Well, it winds from Chicago to L.A....more than two thousand miles on the way..." - yeah, that one - Route 66 winds through ten towns on the ( Read more... )

May the last be first! Break out the king cake!The night itself was actually last night; today is the day of Epiphany.* As some of you may know, Twelfth Night (the night of the twelfth day of Christmas) is the night our family claims as a personal tradition in order to exchange presents with our friends, as opposed to Christmas when we exchange ( Read more... )

• Discovery has reached the ISS. Remember, guys - metric tools for this job, 'kay?
• Third-place finish last night for The Wrong Trousers, the successor to W&G. Back in the money!
• Speaking of which, I semi-seriously suggested over an after-game bheer with Rick that if he took a week off, I could fill in (considering that I try to zing him with ( Read more... )