Sydney Bristow Mountaineer

It seems that every time I go visit my friend in NYC I come home with a new addiction.  Once it was the tv show "The Secret Circle" (a special thanks to the WB for cancelling it after one season and saving me extended embarrassment).  The last time I was there, I became obsessed with two things: blueberry struesel bread from Target and "Alias". By extension, I'm completely in love with Agent Vaughn.

I know I'm late to the game on this show (why was John Locke in the CIA?).  Watching Season 3 I was curious why Sydney's code name was Mountaineer.  As it turns out, it's an inside joke - Jennifer Gardner is from West Virginia - and West Virginia University is known as the Mountaineers.  How's that for a little Alias trivia?

Bear Run Downhill

I saw a friend "LOL" a FB post that said if a bear chases you, you should run downhill because they trip and fall.  Having watched as many Animal Planet shows as I have...I found this suspicious.  Turns out I was right according to YellowstoneBearWorld.com.  In fact, it's their #4 myth.

They say:  "There is a well-known myth that says that if you’re being chased by a bear, then you should run downhill because bears can’t run downhill. The myth justifies this conclusion by saying that a bears front legs are shorter than it’s hind legs, so it can’t run downhill. This is FALSE. Bears can outrun you no matter where you try to run. They can run just as fast downhill as they can uphill. They can actually run over 37 miles per hour! That’s FAST!!! So don’t try running downhill…it wont help. Just stay smart in bear country and you’ll be fine!"   (this information was found in Bear-ology by Sylvia Dolson)"

Larry Craig Bathroom Map

I grew up in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, so I'm something of an expert when it comes to things to see and do.  Which is why today, when I saw that two of my Chicago friends were going to be re-routed through the MSP airport on their way back from Arizona I told them to check out the Senator Larry Craig Memorial Bathroom.  Yes, such a thing exists to commemorate the exact location of the anonymous gay sex act that the dearly departed senator participated in.  It's even got it own offical Facebook and FourSquare check-in point.  But of course it was imparative that I give them the exact location (Concourse G gate C11) which is where today's Google search came in. 

If you're ever at MSP, ignore the shopping and head to Senator Larry Craig Memorial Bathroom instead.  You'll be glad you did.

FBI Shirtless Nipple

Now that the election is over and I'm not rolling out of bed and straight into the car to go volunteer at Obama HQ, I was able to get back into my Saturday routine: watching Friday night's "Real Time with Bill Maher" while enjoying a cup of coffee. 

During the opening monologue, Bill was cracking jokes about the General Petraeus scandal.  As he was leading up to the big punchline about the FBI agent who led to the investigation of emails - he mentioned in passing that he sent a shirtless picture to Jill Kelley and that he didn't have nipples...and that it had nothing to do with anything but that it was true. 

SO I had to see this for myself...so I fired up Google and entered: FBI shirtless nipple.  Enjoy.