Ten years ago, my mom bought a game called Cranium.  And since then, I’ve been a gigantic fan… a "Craniac," as we’re called. 

And yesterday, at work, I got to meet and listen to and chat with the creator of Cranium - Richard Tait.

And may I just say, I was totally un-smooth.

"Hi!  I’m Jen!  I saw you speak in Miami!  I’m a big fan!  I love Cranium!  I’ve very excited!  Yeah that was a great conference!  Oh, stop touching you?  Okay!  You’re awesome!"

I think I would probably have been cooler running into George Clooney at Restaurant O or something.  Maybe a brief "’sup George?  Loved Good Night and Good Luck… kinda hated all those Ocean movies… are you done with those yet?"

But put me in a room with "The Grand Poo Bah" (his actual title) of Cranium… well… damn! 

So there ya go.  I’m a blithering idiot… I’ll ask that you all pretend that wasn’t already readily apparent (shut up, Brock). 

And now, I think we should have a gigantic Distracted Globe Cranium tournament.  What do you think?  Actually… I was half kidding when I typed that, but now I’m thinking it might actually work.  And it might actually be AWESOME!

OOH!  And, just so you don’t think I’ve lost my edge entirely, this morning on The Today Show, they were discussing the candidates and the Iraq hearings… and to bookend the segments, they put each candidate’s head on a terribly clever animation of rock ‘em sock ‘em robots.  They even thought this was so clever that they put it as the main graphic on their website under their election coverage (don’t worry, on the actual segment, Hillary had a robot too).  This clever graphic was apparently to illustrate the fact (try to control yourselves) that McCain and the Democratic candidates (steady) disagree on Iraq.  I know, I know, your world is crumbling around you as I type.

Now… this is something I expect to see on The Daily Show, not on the "real" news.  And what’s sad is that, if it were on The Daily Show… the graphics would have been better… and probably the point they were making too.  I’m pretty sure that, at this point, the only reason to watch any news other than Comedy Central is purely masochistic.  It does help me get through my workout though.  When I’m that angry, I hardly even notice the elliptical trainer!