More than 15 seconds of consciousness ... doesn't bring Bear to mind ... Mary Louise Alcott played who? ... tangent theater 3000 ... approaching our 100th show ... Mike's new job â what the h*** was I thinking? ... one word for you: delegation ... way, way too much of a good thing ... a nice cool refreshing drink out of a fire hose ... contratudolances ... bagel cut diamond ... the wonder bread cut ... cerulean and ... chattaqua ... fuschia shock ... things that take up more of your time than you thought: owning a dog ... Cesar Millan, the dog whisperer ... that's why parents survive the first year ... the Chinese orphanage method ... couch potato greyhounds ... glassbooth survey ... 95% affinity with Dave ... Mike, embarrassed by his pick ... every outcome there is disastrous ... Turkey would have a tur-duck-hen ... putting the ''turd'' in ''tur-duck-hen'' ... no ''being realistic'' about it ... it's all Dartmouth's fault ... maybe not everyone from Dartmouth is evil ... unfounded optimism ... all those norths ... Weekly Pick: glassbooth.org ... Weekly Pick: freerice.com ... Weekly Pick: Vernon Vinge, ''There is a Deepness in the Sky'' ... Weekly Pick: tankless water heater ... getting the heat out of the grey water