Newton's response to my superpower question:

Go British Airways Economy Class: you're flying, AND you're invisible.

Ba-dum dum.

He also suggested I check out http://www.cat-scan.com for help with my still AWOL Obligatory Cat Pictures. Nice thought, but unfortunately, Mongo, for one, engages in retaliatory pooping when he's upset, and I don't think that would be all that great for any scanner yet constructed. I will get actual pictures of my cats to a scanner soon, and put them up, as it seems to be the law when it comes to blogs.

Went to a live taping of Wait Wait, Don't tell Me, the NPR news quiz, at symphony center tonight. Yes, I know, I'm an incredible geek for (1) being a fan of a news quiz, and (2) going to see a live taping of a bunch of people sitting around talking into microphones. But it was great. I got the tickets through the latest pledge drive, so they were actual box seats, which were tremendously decadent. Only eight seats per box, doors with portholes so the little people can't get in, comfy chairs... I tell you, that whole culture racket actually has something gong for it.

Anyway, the premise of the show is that they take wacky stuff from the news and ask questions about it, often in limerick form. If you get two out of three right, you get the coolest prize -- Carl Kasell, the NPR morning news guy, does the message on your answering machine. So it was loads of fun, listening to double entendres about Strom Thurmond and such. Um... maybe you had to be there. You might be able to hear me cackling on this weekend's show.