Very Slow Thursday

Since the day is going so slowly, I figure everyone needs a bit of a pick-me-up. So some quick trivia for ya, and then a little visit from Terry Tate.

I wonder what kind of odds could you have gotten in 1908 that a black dude would get elected president before the Cubs won the Series again? -- Nate Silver

But don't pay out those bets too quickly, because in every Presidential Election year that the Los Angeles Lakers went to the NBA Finals, the Republican candidate won (1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 2000, 2004, 2008).