things you might not know

- Hunter S. Thompson and Jack Kerouac were both sportswriters at one point. Kerouac played college football and Hunter once had an in-depth discussion with Richard Nixon, whom he despised, about the NFL and obscure Super Bowl plays. He still hated the guy, but came to respect his knowledge in that area.

- Apparently, there are "summer" and "winter" suits, or at least there are in Kentucky.

- All you need to successfully drink whiskey are determination and the right role models.

- A lot of times, the Boston Globe's lead national or international story is from the New York Times. Doesn't that suck?

- Movies almost always disappoint me because all I ever want from a narrative is good character development, and it's pretty hard to really develop more than one character well (or at least to my standards) in an hour and a half or even two hours.

- The White Stripes just broke up, denying me the certain life-altering experience that would have been seeing them live. Via Rolling Stone, here's the end of their statement to their fans:

"The White Stripes do not belong to Meg and Jack anymore. The White Stripes belong to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is that it can last forever if people want it to. Thank you for sharing this experience. Your involvement will never be lost on us and we are truly grateful."

Fortunately, I work in an office full of people who love good music. It's gonna be all Jack'n'Meg until 2 AM tonight.