No lie on the LSAT stuff. I kicked major butt on the LSAT. And I was an atrocious law student. Simply horrible.
Where I grew up, the local UHF channel dropped a watermelon from the roof at New Years. It was called, appropriately enough, the Melon Drop. The show was hosted by a guy using the name Bob Bag-o-donuts. He once did an expose on the crabby-looking lady in the background where Mary Tyler Moore throws her hat up in the air. He couldn't find her, though.
I think it's the same channel on which Mystery Science Theater 3000 started. (They played a message I left on their answering machine during the 3rd or 4th episode. That's how cool I am!)
Service by publication is old hat, Ben Franklin's newspaper was sustained by "service by publication" ads.
What a great year you've had. Looking forward to more in 2009.
Tom -- a melon? Somewhere in Ohio they drop a hot dog (a really large one). Why do we feel the need to do these things?! Crazy world! Too bad about the crabby hat lady, I bet she had a melon dropped on her head or something.
Omar -- What might Ben have made of Facebook? The mind reels.
Anne R. -- Thank you! Best to Deliberations, too!
Congratulations on your 1st birthday, COR.
My prediction for 2009 is that there's no freaking way you can predict what crazy blog fodder the new year will hold.
Chris -- that's one prediction that is sure to come true! Way to play it safe!