NICK OFFERMAN/DUKE SILVER, IRA GLASS/PHILIP GLASS, OR PRINCE/PRINCE:  Throughout the season, the producers of SNL will be soliciting host/musical guest suggestions via the Internet.  (Most likely outcome: Clint Eastwood/PSY, the latter having even gotten David Gregory rocking Gangnam Style yesterday.)

PAY FOR IT USING YOUR PICKETT'S CHARGE CARD:  There are two hours left in the GSA auction of the 28'x29', twelve ton electric light map depicting the Battle of Gettysburg, which had been a mainstay of the battlefield visitors center for decades.  You can see the map in action here.

update: SOLD! for $14,010 to a York Co. businessman who plans to put it on display in downtown Hanover, PA (still home of Snyder's Of).

ALOTT5MA FRIDAY GRAMMAR RODEO:  In which The Atlantic reports on Portland (OR) advertising director Ted McCagg's bracket-based quest to determine the best English language word ever, and from a Final Four including kerfuffle, hornswoggle, and gherkin arrives at ... diphthong.

(Best words eliminated during the Final 32, IMHO: scalawag, tchotchke, lollygag, isthmus, and nougat.)

POTENTIALLY RECONCILABLE:  Recognizing that All Things Taylor Swift is usually Matt's department, but, seriously, what's up with the Furry Band in the "Never Ever" video? Has an unnecessary line been crossed between adorable and too-self-consciously-twee-and-quirky?

JUST BE GLAD IT WASN'T THE SAME EPISODE:  Not only have both been long-listed for Supreme Court nominations which likely will never come, but both Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski and former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm have appeared on The Dating Game, and yes, each link has video.  (Warning: Big Hair.)

THEY ARE NOT YET EQUIPPED TO SEND PEOPLE TO THE SPECIAL HELL:Some cinemas in the UK now have "Movie Ninjas" to discipline those who do not abide by a "no talking" rule.

ISO MWM, 40ISH, MUST BE FIRST IN WAR AND FIRST IN PEACE, AND INCAPABLE OF TELLING A LIE. HATING HESSIANS, FALSE TEETH BOTH PLUSSES:  They're auditioning for a new George Washington to lead the annual Christmas Day reenactment of the Delaware River crossing.

Obligatory N.B.: The Hessians?  Not drunk.