‘Lost’: Land of the Living Dead

You know why pilot Frank didn’t see a wedding ring on the hand of the waterlogged pilot’s corpse? Because the body will turn out to be Frank’s.  On Thursday’s show, the freighter captain shows Sayid and Desmond the black box flight recorder from the bottom-of-the-sea wreckage of Oceanic Flight 815 and says someone went to a lot of trouble to fill Read More …

Puzzle: Top ‘Jeopardy’ Payout?

What’s the most money one set of contestants could win on a single show of Jeopardy? This is using the rules from the regular nighttime show. No bonuses for tournament wins. I’ll post the answer later in the week. (After I double-check my calculations by watching again.) Hint: It’s way more than anyone has won in a single show.  

The Use of the Stupid

“The use of the useless,” a Taoist philosopher once said. Ah, but there’s also the use of the stupid, and I don’t mean guys like dumb blondes and dumb friends they feel superior to. No, instead of looking for that logical finishing touch, how about adding something that makes no sense? (a) It’ll keep ’em guessing, and maybe they’ll Read More …