Good to know.

Does TFD remove cats from trees? No. The cat will eventually come down.  If you still have concerns, please call Animal Control at (253) 627-7387. via cityoftacoma.org Happened to be on the Tacoma Fire Department site today … I like their answer.

It’s all about the Hamiltons

via youtube.com I hadn’t seen this one about Hamilton. Thanks Mary M. But there’s a series of videos about historical events narrated by drunk people starring famous people reenacting exactly what the drunk people say. I’m also a fan of this one: Drunk History Vol. 5 w/ Will Ferrell, Don Cheadle & Zooey Deschanel from Will Ferrell

For your viewing pleasure, here’s a hip-hop song about Alexander Hamilton performed at the White House last year …

I'm about 250 pages into a biography of Hamilton right now. (yes, I know, he's not a President. But he's on our money, so I figure I should include him in my Presidential reading list.) Reading about Adams and Jefferson I took on their own picture of him. But Hamilton doesn't seem like the villain they made him out to be. Also, as the video suggests, his early life is unique among the founding fathers. Check it out. It's a pretty good distillation of his story. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFf7nMIGnE?wmode=transparent]

“You Know What The Problem With Tacoma Is?” LOST creator has the answer (via @exit133)

“I’m missing my prom to watch the finale of your show, and have almost lost a long-time girlfriend over it,” the fan emailed. “If that is not loyalty … I do not know what is.” What kind of a high-school holds its prom on a Sunday, a bemused Cuse said on the podcast. “You know what?” he said. “I just want to say that if your school is having their prom on a Sunday, you’re far better off staying home and watching Lost. I mean, why on a Sunday? What’s up with that? Where is he, Tacoma?” Tacoma, Washington, Lindelof Read more…