h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

::and me riding in the back seat looking amzingly like Brad Pitt with my new lovely wife Janine Turner asking Shea to lower the Mets championship banners so she can get a better view of the French Riviera::

Wait a second! How did I suddenly turn into your chauffeur?!

Didn't I mention George Clooney riding beside you and nibbling on your ear! (how could I have overlooked the double date info)

Oh, alright then ... that's rather distracting, though ...

Hey George give it a break and get a steak. Hey there's an Outback Restaurant drop Clooney off and pick up Russell Crowe on the corner!

Will I prove how utterly unhip I am if I say I don't know what Russell Crowe looks like?

He looks like this

or if you want a photo I'm sure there are a thousand "I love Russell Crowe websites"

or the hundred magazines at the check out counter all with headlines like "Russell Crowe breaks up so-and-so's marriage"

I'll take your word for it!

Well back to those sad sack Tigers.

The trading deadline passed and all they did was get rid of their closer.

FOR AN INJURED 2ND YEAR PITCHER!!! oooooh why do I care

I think they heard about our bet, and they want to make sure that you win!

Just don't let the rest of Detroit know about this.

Mum's the word!

Especially not my Mum!

(she's a huge Tiger's fan going back to the forties)

I promise that your mother will never hear about it from me!

We even have to watch what we say online now, she has Web-TV!

Big Mother is Watching

Oops ...

::: waves ::: Hi Mrs. elwood ...

You didn't tell her your h2g2 name is elwood,did you?

What makes you think that isn't my real name?

It's actually a family naming tradition going back generations

There's Uncle Dagwood (though I liked Aunt Blondie better)

My famous Uncle Dirwood Merrel (the announcer for Groucho's game show - he's my inspiration for QuoteQuiz)

Superstitious Uncle Knockwood

The multilayered Aunt Plywood

The incidiary Uncle Firewood

and the black sheep of the family Cousin Woody (he's just a bartender in Boston somewhere)

Well, elwood could be your real name, but since everyone makes up nicknames for themselves, using your real name could be a clever ploy to put people off your

Turns out I'm not that clever - I think I mentioned this a million years ago in one of my first posts to you, (has it really been 3 months now I've been on h2g2?) I chose my nickname from the Jimmy Stewart character in the film "Harvey" the 6 foot tall invisible rabbit. (well worth renting!)

So my tracks would look like this

I saw "Harvey" a million years ago ... the film, not the