I was reading this morning about the resurgent popularity of gold prospecting in California. Given the current state of the economy, it’s not surprising. The article I read mentioned that during the California Gold Rush of 1849, it is estimated that only 20% of the available gold was ever mined. That means there’s 80% left. [...]

“Brandy! Throw more brandy!”
The Great Race simply has the best pie fight on film EVAR. It starts with Professor Fate (played by Jack Lemmon) falling into a hugemongous cake. He then chucks a cake at his co-conspirator (I won’t go into plot detail here), who then fires back. It slowly escalates until pies are a-flyin’ [...]