Rating bands based on their cover art. Best line: "Boston has the advantage in sheer scale, what with it carrying an entire city, but this unusually large civilian population creates a set of problems the ELO fleet does not have to deal with. Plus Boston sucks."

Recent genetic analyses reveal that early man could not digest milk products. However, shortly after the development of agriculture, large populations in Europe and Africa developed the ability to produce lactase as adults—and milk, cheese, and yogurt became key components of their diet.

Drinking wine that has a cork is an ecological issue. You know what to do.

Jeff Wong, always ready to practice work-avoidence, sends along this fab-faux Louis Armstrong cover of "Oops I Did It Again." It's pretty well done, down to the fake Decca record label.

Bob Dylan sings Seuss. It's his most personal work since <I>Self Portrait</I>.

As an admirer of Walter Bagehot, <I>The Economist</I>'s wonderfully quotable editor (1859-1877), I knew the magazine had a sense of humor. I just didn't realize it had such a talent for slapstick.

You've probably seen them on the Interwebs, now read what that happens to the "Prisoners of You Tube</I>.