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I'm going to start this with some self-indulgence. If you're wondering how my genius operates, I'm laying in bed, listening to The Pogues and watching NASCAR. So there. One of these days I'll be listening to Morrissey and crying, I promise.

There seem to be quite a few hemp beers out there (you may need to register for that...sorry). The one I was thinking of was the 420 IPA from Stone Coast Brewing, but there is nothing to indicate that there is hemp in that one. It's just the name to get the hippies excited.

In looking up the history of the Ivy League, I came across this, and the only nice thing they could say about Yale is that they hosted the World Special Olympics in 1995. That's about right. Wikipedia has a pretty good history, but there isn't anything about Holy Cross or Rutgers ever being offered admission. But, back in the day, it seemed to be a much looser organization that really was formed for the safety of goalposts everywhere. Like these nerds had nothing better to do? Really? In 1935 the Associated Press said, "the athletic authorities of the so-called 'Ivy League' are considering drastic measures to curb the increasing tendency toward riotous attacks on goal posts and other encroachments by spectators on playing fields." It was 1935! The Depression had just ended, and Hitler was about to visit Poland! And the geeks wanted to keep the goalposts safe? Man.

Now I'm all worked up, so here.

At the B Side the Shlitz/green chartreuse frapp combo is called the Windsor Hi Low. If you're ever in Cambridge, give it a try.

I don't know what transit police can and can't do. They can give tickets, I think they have their own jails, but I don't know if they can shoot to kill or not. I wouldn't be surprised if they can.

Yes, The Bravery sing "Honest Mistake". Take a look at them. They look like girls. But they're obviously cool, because they all look like they have better things to do than have their pictures taken. I'm calling them lame, and I'm basing it on that one photo. This is the Internet - it was made for irrational snap judgments.

When playing 301/501, the real way to play involves ending with a double. If you have 20 left to go, you need to hit a double 10 to win. But, you can choose to play without that rule. Check it out here. Or maybe you just want to play annoying intarweb darts.

Yeah, if you owe people money, they garnish your wages. I guess I knew that, but it sounds funny, for some reason.

Jeff Hironaka is the Asian-American basketball coach of Seattle Pacific University, a Division II school. The Seattle Times wrote about him.

Here's a little experiment. Here's an old picture of Axl Rose. (Someone tell the guys from The Bravery that the "rock stars who look like girls" has been done before.) And here we have the new Axl. It doesn't even look like the same guy. Axl sucks, anyway. It's all about Dizzy Reed.

Computer Hacking Skills, Bow Hunting Skills

Here's an awful lot of information about The Golden Girls. And you can even listen to the theme song here, if you have RealPlayer.

Here's the Quadratic Formula, which the good people running the Boston Bar Sports Triathalon needed to figure out who won what events. Who would have guessed that a day of drinking and playing darts would end in such complex math nonsense.

Herve Villechaize played Tattoo on "Fantasy Island". He died in 1993, and was an uncredited midget in "Chappaqua". He was French, and he killed himself in Hollywood.

"The Other Half" was the man's answer to "The View". It was hosted by Dick Clark, Danny Bonaduce, Mario Lopez (who now works a lot on the animal channel - how the mighty have fallen!), and some guy named Dr. Jan. (No word on the kind of doctor he was, or even if he was some kind of real doctor.) Dr. Jan left the show before it was cancelled, and he was replaced by Dorian Gregory, who is a hall of fame guy for appearing as a guest in TV shows, such as "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper" and "The Steve Harvey Show". It should be noted that both Dr. Jan and Dorian Gregory were playing the Star Jones character on "The Other Half" (as the black one, not the fat one).

Jimmie Foxx hit 50+ home runs twice, in 1932 (58 for the Philadelphia Athletics) and 1938 (50 for the Red Sox). I didn't think he had ever hit 50. I was wrong, which should come as no surprise.

Paul Gleason was the principal in "The Breakfast Club". He's been in a ton of other stuff. And the hasidic reggae guy is Matisyahu.

Men Without Hats sang Safety Dance. In France, their known as Men Sans Hats. "Men at Work" was the movie starring Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, which was improbably written and directed by Emilio himself.

In 1998, the year Barry Bonds allegedly began using steroids (I only say allegedly so I don't get sued), Mark McGwire hit 70 home runs and Sammy Sosa hit 66. Bonds hit 37, which is still a ton.

Here's a really long article about clapping. I think it answers the question, "Why did people start clapping?", but I don't know. I didn't read it. It's too long, and I'm not sure I really care.

In 2004, a trademark suit was brought against "Macho Man" Randy Savage by the makers of Kool Aid, because of his use of the phrase "Oh yeah!" Now, here's the thing that bothers me. Randy Savage started wrestling in 1985 - why did it take Kool Aid 20 years to sue? Did it really take them 20 years to figure this out?

I can't find anything about a squirrel song from "There's Something About Mary".

As far as I can tell, the song "Mexican Radio" has been sung by no fewer than 7 different artists, including Lee Press-on and the Nails, Stan Ridgeway, Authority Zero (the version I just bought on iTunes) and El Vez. I don't know who did it first, or why it's such a popular song to cover.

McDonald's milkshakes do, indeed, contain milk, if you believe McDonald's. I can't find anything about the Shamrock shakes once being pistachio flavored (they're now mint, and delicious), but McDonald's used to have Uncle O'Grimacey, Grimace's Irish uncle. I love him.

Yes, trampolining is an Olympic event. Ballet skiing isn't...yet.

The University of Alabama is the big school in Huntsville, Alabama, but there are 11 others. Oregon State is in Corvallis. Go Beavers!

Pig organs, in terms of size and shape, are similar to humans. It seems like there's been an awful lot of talk about using pig organs in humans, but there isn't any evidence that it's safe. They may use tendons or muscles, but I don't think we'll be seeing any pig liver transplants any time soon.

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Thank you, Captain German!

Hookers at the Point...5 years later. Really, am I supposed to be surprised that they're still hookers? For real? If you told me any of them were out of being prostitutes, I'd be more surprised. Anyway, remember to click the ads. I'll buy you a drink.

First. here's the link to the "Beat It" video. It doesn't work on my computer, but Basil tells me that in the knife fight, their hands are tied right hand to left. This seems unfair to me...if both combatants are right handed, one is at a disadvantage. But, as Basil said, "Knife fights, like life, are often not fair." Truer words have never been spoken.

The Union Oyster House is not only the oldest restaurant in Boston, but the oldest restaurant in continuous operation in the U.S. Also, the Oyster House was the first place in America where the toothpick was used. Seriously, though, how do you prove that? There is no way that someone thought this event was so significant that they needed to chronicle it, right?

The Hynes Convention Center/ICA stop was originally named Massachusetts, before being renamed Auditorium in 1965. In 1990, it took on its current name. I'm thinking ICA stands for Institute of Contemporary Art, based solely on the fact that the Hynes Convention Center is located at 900 Boylston and the ICA is at 955 Boylston, for now. They are currently building a new ICA on the waterfront in Southie...accessible by the Silver Line. which is considered a subway route, even though it's a bus. Go figure.

"Suum cuique", which is above the bar at Jacob Wirth's, is Latin for "To each his own". A good sentiment, if I do say so myself.

A bizarre Australian guy named Rolf Harris wrote "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Spot", apparently because he was influenced by Harry Belafonte. Also, the line "Let me Abos go, Lou" was deemed offensive enough to have the song banned in Singapore. Apparently, nonsense is offensive. So offensive, in fact, that it causes censorship to run rampant in Singapore. Weird. (Upon further investigation, Abos may be a slur for Australian aborigines. Why this would offend the Singaporeans, I have no idea. But Wikipedia has at least a partial list of ethnic slurs. It's interesting, because they're not only slurs to be used by white Americans. One of the first ones is "48'ers", which is used by Alaskans to refer to people from the contiguous 48 states. I don't see this being a slur any more than people from Hawaii referring to folks from the contunuous 48 as "mainlanders".)

Jerry Seinfeld really is 51. He was born April 29, 1954.

Finally, here's a list of the most recent Constitutional amendments, courtesy Basil. His sources are here and here.

22nd Amendment (1951) - Presidential term limits

23rd Amendment (1961) - Presidential vote for District of Columbia: DC gets the vote!

24th Amendment (1964) - Poll tax barred: This was to keep Southern states from preventing black people from voting

25th Amendment (1967) - Presidential disability and succession: Prez dies or resigns, Veep becomes Prez. Prez then nominates new Veep, Congress approves. Prez can declare himself unable to perform duties, Veep takes over. Veep (plus posse) can declare Prez unable to perform, Veep takes over. Etc. (1967)

26th Amendment (1971) - Voting age set to 18 years: If you can die for your country, you get the vote. Side note: this became an amendment only because Oregon threw a hissy fit when Congress tried introducing this as a bill.

27th Amendment (1992) - Congressional pay increases: Any change in pay takes effect after the next election. Side note: this was originally proposed back in 1789, as part of the original Bill of Rights (!). But it took two hundred years to get ratified.