BETTER THAN CHUCK E. CHEESE'S: Though September, the National Building Museum (my pick for most underrated museum in DC!) has a 10,000 square foot ball pit (for adults and kids alike!) set up in its Great Hall.

SHARP CUT TO BLACK:  R.I.P., The Dissolve.

GOTTA HAVA WAWA:  A naked woman showed up at the Wawa in Delran, NJ on Monday morning.  In an impressive display of self-control, she bought nothing--no, not even a Sizzli.

SHAKIN' NOT STIRRED:  So there's a James Bond musical in the works with book by novelist Dave Clarke and music and lyrics by country composer Jay Henry Weisz (neither of which mean anything to me, but I'm not a musical guy).

So how do you approach this?  As a Roger Moore-style romp with puns and in-jokes and fourth-wall breaking?  As a dark and brooding serious Daniel Craig?  As reference to the whole body of work? I don't much like Roger Moore's James Bond (but see The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only), but that style seems suited to the stage.

Any suggested numbers?  If there's not a chorus line of Bond girls dancing to a number called "Shakin' Not Stirred", I'm going to very disappointed.

NO ONE TOLD ME LIFE WAS GOING TO BE THIS WAY:  So, Lucy's back from two weeks of sleepaway camp and insisting that lots of her peers -- both there and from school -- are marathoning Friends now.  Should I be worried, or is all the innuendo going to go over her head?  (And what about the retrograde homophobia?)

Of course, when I was that age, I was watching Three's Company and Cheers, and I survived, so ...

MOVE CLOSER TO YOUR WORLD, MY FRIEND:  Three musical highlights from the annual Philly 4th concert: The Roots sample the Action News theme; former club dj Mayor Michael Nutter joins The Roots to perform "Rappers Delight" (complete with mic drop), and I don't know what you call what Jeremy Ellis did, but wow.

IT MATTERS, MR. CRAWFORD. COPS LOOK TO YOU TO SEE HOW TO ACT. IT MATTERS: The 50 most daring film roles for women since Ripley.