And it's all for the purpose of allegory and capturing the superstitious nature of people at that time. He questioned how Grendel's mother can be a dragon, but he's not allowed pixies and ogres.

Last night I went to a talk with Kazuo Ishiguro as he tours for The Buried Giant, which I picked up last night and am two enjoyable chapters in as of this morning.

I think that would have made a better FJ because it avoids the "1 is a prime" nonsense and requires a little more quick math.

Everyone was getting televisions in 1953 to watch the coronation—I saw it on Doctor Who!

They had the distinctive wigs of Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren!

Ditto … I got "suicide squeeze" after a couple seconds but stood no chance at getting DI.

Sarah, Sark, and Blaine all had babies last year, and Blaine is the only one who has been able to keep playing. He appropriately had the team battle a giant baby on the epic conclusion to season 1 last April.

Speaking of Dan Telfer, Nerd Poker finally introduced his new character NAUSICA and she laid down some serious backstory for the mysterious colour continent. And she comes with some serious firepower … "Okay, I'd like to cast resurrect dead" was an awesome surprise.

I had it narrowed down to Montana and Wyoming, and went with Montana since it borders Canada, even though Canada didn't exist in 1864. Prince Rupert's Land?

I really appreciated her Mean Joe Brown response because I wasn't coming up with his name without her.

Sorry, reverse that, the Ferber flub came before metaphorically.

After reading this I dropped everything and watched the episode knowing what was going to happen.

I just learned that a boson is named after a non-Nobel winning physicist, Satyendra Bose. I'd assumed it had a Greek root like lepton, hadron, and photo, but Paul Dirac went around naming particle classes after cool guys like Bose and Fermi.

I enjoyed the way that clue played out. I thought of Nero first, but was pretty sure 37 AD was too early. Then it was confirmed, and I used the extra time to come up with Caligula while laughing at the Julius Caesar response.

Such a weird wording for Final Jeopardy. I thought it meant Springsteen was announcing a different band's induction, and guessed Chicago. I mean, I knew the E Street Band, but how was this clue asking me "it's the name of Bruce Springsteen's band"?

Wow, has it really been six years since I saw The Kids in the Massey Hall? Now which day should I pick for The Kids in the Danforth Music Hall?

Mississaugans, Oakvillains, and Burlingtonians are free to stand on any bridge over the QEW on the afternoon of the 27th for their opportunity to see TKitH.

If only America had demanded to study Obama's birth certificate, they would have all known he was born in the summer of 1961.

I just learned the distinction between "fledge" and "fledgeling" this week, and it has already earned me a fictional $1000 in a triple stumper!

Ha! I knew I had a Zelazny book downstairs with a very Westeros-sounding title, and after checking I can confirm Frost & Fire and Lord of Light were among the Zelazny books I inherited from my dad. Slowly making my way through Amber.