To catch you up: Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo spent last week in Mexico with new girlfriend Jessica Simpson. Many Cowboys fans were miffed, thinking that he should've been preparing for yesterday's playoff game against New York (which the Cowboys lost). The New York Post had a bit of fun with the kerfuffle, hiring a Jessica Simpson impersonator to roam around the stadium during the game. Their impersonator was Lynsey Nordstrom, who they identify as......

Editor Dan loves you, Seattle. City, people, land, water and professional sports franchises; all of it. However, he cannot back you on the issue of the Seattle Seahawks vs. the Chicago Bears. If you're looking for calming words of compassion or hilarious Seahawks histrionics Seattlest will take care of you there, too, but one of us grew up with a Bears helmet painted on our neighbor's garage door and didn't appear in a photograph......

This is Tom Landry, the greatest coach the Dallas Cowboys ever had. This is Chuck Knox, the best coach the Seattle Seahawks ever had. The met only once, on Thanksgiving Day 1986 in Dallas. The Hawks won 34-14, thereby proving that Chuck Knox was a better coach than Tom Landry. Even though Homer Simpson bought Landry’s hat in order to earn his worker's respect, and even though Sarah Vowell took a break from snooping around......

Here they are--our plans for the weekend. Can you do better than this? Oh...you're..you're doing what? Inside the dryer? Ok, you win. Still, check these out. Matt: Wine tasting at Tarragona again, then watching the work of the Bard of Avon (ed.: not sure what this means). Michael V.B.:: Friday evening Michael is off to Greenwood's jolly German bar Prost for happy hour, then back to Capitol Hill for the late show of Terry Gilliam's......