File that in under "Jeopardy clues that I should have gotten if I was paying more attention"... In the category of Twain Twips, for $1000: Twain wrote of how the "maid of the mist descends the fearful rapids" in a piece called "A Visit to" this place.

Boy, the freezing rain today is terrible, but funny. Slippery sidewalks all around. There's a hill right beside where I live, and I couldn't climb up that hill, nor could I go down the hill. Needed to walk around into the grass, and even then, it wasn't easy.

I've been thinking about The Amazing Race too much recently, particularly planning for one here and one back in Taiwan. Yes, I think too much of these strange stuffs.