And the Silver Squirrel goes to….

As promised, there's a new award in town (she said, as she hitched up her britches).

It's the Silver Squirrel, and anytime I reference something trivial and/or obscure and ask if someone gets the reference, the Silver Squirrel will go to the person with the first comment or email that provides the origin. I love it when people get my weird references, and it tickles me to no end when others share my love for trivia. Whoever gets the Silver Squirrel can feel free to post the award on their blog, or can just enjoy it for the silliness it is. However, I reserve the exclusive rights to bestowing the award...accept no imitations!

There are two recipients already! The first is retroactive by a couple of days, and is the whole reason I thought of doing this. Laurel of Thoughts From a Route 66 Business Owner knew about the Plaster Casters, and that's some way cool rock 'n roll trivia. Laurel, I am very impressed with your perverse knowledge!

The second goes to Bob of I Should Be Laughing for getting the "I'm comin', Elizabeth!" reference. Classic "Sanford and Son." I was never a huge fan of that show, but I still love that phrase, as well as “You big dummeh!”

I suppose I should point out that many of my trivia references date me...and if you know what I'm talking about, they will probably date you, too! But don't be shy. It's all in fun. Oh, and we really do have a silver squirrel, the little guy in the picture. He’s a nutcracker. [insert joke here]

Let the games begin!

I know we won't be watching all of the NCAA games (especially tonight--only three episodes of "ER" left! *sniff*), but I've had them on this afternoon, and it's fun to watch the games during the day. Butler didn't make it through, but Purdue survived, so Indiana only has one team left. Rough year for Hoosier teams. Criminy.

It's very disappointing to have it get so chilly again today. I know that spring is just around the corner, but jeez, hurry up already!

This is going to be a short one, because I have games to play. That's right...just to solidify my geekdom in everyone's mind, I bought the new Hoyle Puzzle and Board Games today. I had a copy already, but of course it doesn't work on Vista. Grrr. I just love these games, and I missed having them on this computer. Backgammon, Dominoes, Parcheesi, Yahtzee, and many more. We have many of those board games already, but Ken and I don't often get a chance to play them, and Sheeba doesn't have opposable thumbs, so he'd have a hard time moving the pieces around the board. It's fun to be able to play against the computer, and there are even some new ones that are kind of fun. There's one with a title that just cracks me up: Star Collector. Isn't that one of the names for groupies? I'm waiting for a game called Plaster Caster! (And a gold star to anyone who gets that reference!)