Feats of strength

Nashville ought to bring back the All-American Country Games. They would help us find out what the stars are really made of. When Sylvia biked, she biked to win.

What would we do, baby

Farewell, "Family Ties" creator Gary David Goldberg. Alex talking to the picture of Nixon was freaking funny.

Addendum

I just noticed that in my Liberace box is my official Olympic Listerine lapel pin.

Glitter

Time to move again, and to handle every item I own, one by one. This is my Liberace box from my country singer days.

Facts you can't deny

The best "Columbo" is "By Dawn's Early Light" with Patrick McGoohan. But "Now You See Him," which we watched last night, is right up there.

Never mind

Okay, I'm about six episodes in, and I have determined "Mad Men" is, my initial reservations notwithstanding, freaking awesome. As you were.

Facts you can't deny

The word Jacuzzi appears in these country songs: John Anderson, "Black Sheep"; Shania Twain, "You Win My Love."