A lot of people are asking: What can I expect from your Netroots Nation panel on Friday with A.J. Rossmiller, Matthew Yglesias and Ilan Goldenberg? And I reply: it'll be sort of like a collaborative effort at catching an international criminal through answering a series of geography-based questions. Luckily, a young Ilan Goldenberg had practice at this sort of thing...


One last Carmen Sandiego-related bit of trivia. A close friend of mine who shall remain nameless had sex with one of the guys in Rock-a-pella -- the one who discovered in Jewish heritage -- long after the show was canceled.