KHAAAAAAAAAAAN!

Genesis device crashes in Utah. No chutes. The only way it could've come down any faster is if Peter Gabriel had left.

And from our old friend at JPL: "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of solar particles suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."

And kauricat, if you want to make a Mormon joke, I'll leave that to you. I was thinking of making an off-handed Osmond comment, but I need to go get chili fixin's.

Ken Jennings' reign of terror

I haven't been watching "Jeopardy" because...I just don't find the phenomenon of one person's trivia arsenal annihilating everyone else to be that enthralling. Like the god-awful shows they had on Comedy Central and now ESPN about stumping "experts" in the field -- I think it's the inherent smugness and air of superiority that just defuses its appeal. Of course, Ken Jennings is the guy you'd like to get beat by. He seems pretty restrained since he's made mulch of Jeopardy contestants for a couple of months now. Though I'd still like to see the five-day rule back in effect, and I know I'm in the minority there.

Still, let me be the party pooper and link to the supposed spoilers as to the latest results from the Jenningsapalooza, which I've seen corroborated at different sites about the web. ( Spoilerish commentary follows. )