Shelve your Crack Vial in the Reference Section

Last night while flipping channels we stumbled upon a Food Network piece on the history of the Fortune Cookie. I was all for it until the host, or more likely a ventriloquizing intern, came to a passage where clearly he had said "fortune cookie" too many times. So he referred to them as "the clairvoyant treat." Thesaurus abuse at its worst.

Speaking of thesaurus abuse, I am eager to rent Everything is Illuminated. I take it as a bad sign that I failed to notice its release in theaters, but I loved the book. Even the credits are promising:

Eugene Hutz	....	Alex
Elijah Wood	....	Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer	....	Leaf Blower