It's amazing all the things you can find in this world to waste your time. Some much more justifiable than others but diversions and avoidances nonetheless. I haven't updated this blog in over a month. Nothing happened at all worth mentioning? I'm sure something did happen. Political crap, celebrity deaths, new PBS specials. But I couldn't be bothered. I was too busy doing geography quizzes on Sporcle. Sporcle is the devil in website form. It's not overtly evil but you start one timed quiz and then another and then you're ninety. And you look back and think, "What is my legacy?" And it turns out it is the knowledge of East Timor's capital. (It's Dili!) There's all types of quiz categories but I'm currently obsessed with geography ones. Particularly, naming the countries of the world. I can spell Kyrgyzstan. And I didn't look it up either. Yeah, I know the former countries that used to make up Yugoslavia. But I don't want to brag. I do, however, think that one of my Time Machine wishes now would be to go back and compete on the kiddie game show Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (I know, kill Hitler first. But if I also had time for something frivolous...) Remember the theme song by Rockapella? I'll give you a hint: it goes "Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego?" You may know it better as "Where In the World is Matt Lauer?" Yep, they adapted it for the special segment on the Today show where Matt Lauer travels around the world while the other three try to guess where he's going and try to guess what gifts he's bringing back for them. (Side note: they changed the Matt Lauer theme a while back and then this year scrapped the segment all together. Too expensive? Maybe. Meredith, Ann and Al complained? Let's start that rumor!) (Side note of Side note: How come Ann Curry gets all the dangerous locations when they send the four of them out? The Antarctic where she's freezing? Kilimanjaro where she gets altitude sickness? I bet Lauer's behind it. Let's start that rumor!)
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Really? Where was I? OK. Merry Christmas, everyone!
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