With CW's “Beauty and the Geek” currently putting out a call for new nerds, you might be wondering if you’d be eligible. That’s where this simple quiz comes in — to find out, get your Ticonderoga No.2 pencil ready, and … begin!

Those who attended the Healthy Community Clinton kickoff Nov. 20, and those who saw it replayed on television, were treated to a big-picture look at the Clinton area non-profit scene.

Bob Timledge: Both dogs slinked away. The turkey was gone, totally gone. I mean, totally gone. We scoured the house and found nothing.

Even though things may get a little rough now and then, there are still plenty of reasons to be truly thankful. Even now, when the economy is tanking, stocks are falling and your corporation may, at any moment, blow away like a tumbleweed.

There are big differences between Jeff Ring’s www.ClintonMass.us and the “real-life” Clinton, Mass., U.S.A. Online you can never see everyone who’s paying attention.

Behind Our Stone Walls: I still like to tell people that “I haven’t decided what I want to be when I grow up.” It keeps me from feeling trapped or tied down.

Either way you look at it, John Kerry has for some time had his eye on a bigger prize than his U.S. Senate seat — namely, a seat in the White House, be it in the Oval Office or the cabinet.

I can’t help but wonder why, when Thanksgiving rolls around, no one ever asks us dads advice on the holiday meal. You’d think all we were capable of on Thanksgiving was stuffing our faces and lying on the couch with our distended bellies hanging over our loosened belts, which is patently untrue. We also watch football.

Oh, to be a fly on the cream-colored walls of the Oval Office when George W. Bush and Barack Obama sat down for a chat the other day.

Brady Sullivan’s abrupt withdrawal of its Lancaster Mills plan means that those who oppose adding more housing to Clinton may have an even bigger worry on their hands.

Behind Our Stone Walls: This remarkable animal is uniquely adapted for their prodigious job of creating ecological niches in the environment where water can be stored and conserved.

The Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y., has added a very special item to its lineup, which includes only the most classic and revolutionary playthings: the stick. If you had any doubts that a Depression is coming, this news should put those to rest.

During the course of a 21- month presidential campaign, President-elect Barack Obama said he would derail the amount of legislation passed on behalf of Washington, D.C. lobbyists, many of whom are former government officials.

In the wake of Barack Obama's decisive victory Tuesday, the usual suspects are spouting the usual partisan spin. Obama has a mandate for a sharp swing to the left, say the Democrats. America is still a center-right country and he's got no mandate at all, say the Republicans. As usual, both are wrong.

On the Hill: Last month marked one year since I was sworn in as the first woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts in 25 years. I wanted to take this opportunity to provide an update.

Jennifer Benson, who heads to Beacon Hill next year with a promise to make herself unpopular among the career politicians in the cause of reform, has her work cut out for her.

Behind Our Stone Walls: “White man,” in his hurry to claim “manifest destiny” in North America, began the disruption of this virgin continent and its natural rhythms with the first intruders.

After several months of evaluation, here is my assessment of my BlackBerry: I love it. And when I say, “I love it,” I of course mean: I hate it.

It’s been nearly two years since Congressman Bob Filner (D-Calif.) introduced H.R. 23, The Belated Thank You to Merchant Mariners Act of 2007. After relatively quick passage of the bill in the House, it was referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on Sept. 5, 2007, where it has languished.

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