Just in time for the holidays, Paul Krugman over at the NYT has concocted a fun new trivia game called "Find The Brownie". He writes The objective in Find the Brownie is to find an obscure but important government job held by someone whose only apparent qualifications for that job are political loyalty and personal connections. It's inspired by President Bush's praise, four days after Katrina hit, for the hapless Michael Brown, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: "Brownie, you're ...

A: If you're John Travolta, the third smaller jet (not pictured) hiding in your chin cleft.

"I'm not a playa, I just crush alot"

It always starts and ends the same way. I look at the menu decide quickly and put the menu down on the table. This happens at a down home circa. 1918 establishment here in town and aside from the specials the menu rarely changes. Bev makes here choice or so I think. The waitress comes to take our order and Bev proclaims "No you go first". I place my order and once again the conversation is handed back to Bev ...

Cleanliness is next to Godliness... or wait...Godliness is next to Cleanliness Ok, so, a friend and I were recently perusing the pope dope in our local daily when she asked; "uh, they embalmed him, right?" I, of course, responded with my pat, condescending, "duh, dumbass" look upon my face; "hells yeah, I mean, come on, he would be all rank and icky otherwise." Well, evidently, according to the nightly news and the Vatican, I am so wrong. The ...