HERE'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW

Scientists at Dartmouth have conclusively established that there is a genetic link between the Scots and the Native Americans.  Apparently Hawkeye's last name was Thenoo.  April 25, 2009.

WHAT WAS WRONG WITH SPEEDBOAT?

I find myself irritated by the expression "go-fast boat" which is used for the high-speed craft employed by drug smugglers.  (I know, I know, I get irritated easily.)  Who coined this term and why?  It's ugly.  If a boat is fast, call it a fast boat.  Why does it have to be a go-fast boat?  What else would it do fast but go?  In any case, the term speedboat has been around for ages and conveys the same meaning.  Even cigarette boat would be better and it has the added relevance of having been coined to describe the boats used by cigarette smugglers, just as the boats used to smuggle booze were called rum runners.  April 8, 2009.