We’re getting a bunch of new visitors of late, so if you’re unfamiliar with Friday pudublogging, you might want to click on "Pudu" in the main menu (or just click here) and scroll around, enjoying the numerous cool species we’re fond of here.

I’ve been busy, so this week, let’s look back at the South African rock hyraxes I photographed on Table Mountain a while back:

These are not to be confused with their distant relative, the jazz hyrax:

I’ve updated the Extras page to include stuff left out of the book as far as Chapter Three, including, among other tidbits:

More to come.  Of course, some tidbits will only make sense if you buy the book, but most should be fun by themselves.  Enjoy!

Here’s a big shock: O’Reilly again.

Via Raw Story.

Consider the following in tandem:

Lie by Lie, Mother Jones’s flash-interactive chronicle of deception in the run-up to the Iraq invasion, and

No One Dares to Help, a harrowing first-person account published by the L.A. Times of what life has become in Baghdad, where merely helping a dying stranger can now mean your own death sentence.

Hello, sudden flood of StumbleUpon visitors!  Wow.  Lots of you.

Where you are: Prisoner of Trebekistan is my new humor book about not winning on Jeopardy! a total of five times.  (Yes, you read that right.  So far, in fact, I have played for and not won a total of over $3.1 million.  Which is something not many people can say.  Or probably would.)  This page is a blog about Trebekistan and related events, with a lot of free stuff to enjoy.

If you’re smiling at the idea of somebody losing on Jeopardy!
not just once, but over and over, or you’d like to learn how people actually study the vast range of
material, or you’ve always been curious about what Alex and the game and its best
players are really like to be around — all while laughing at my
expense — you might enjoy clicking around here, and you’ll probably love the book.  At left are early blurbs from the Wall Street Journal, Ira Glass, Entertainment Weekly, and even Joss Whedon, the guy who created Buffy. (Neat!)

Whether you want to pick up your own copy of Trebekistan right now, fans of Jeopardy! will find a lot to play with here on this site anyway.  For starters, this video
explains how a guy with little real knowledge of classic books
(me) can pull British Literature out of the
netherest of regions:

And this video reveals an unexpected result after your first nine games — more Some Contestants Also Receive! crap than I’d have ever believed:

If you’re smiling, you’ll probably have fun with the book and this site.

Poke around the Trebekistan Menu to the upper right, and you’ll find chats with many of Jeopardy!’s
greats, a bunch of travel stuff (the show led me to get more
excited about seeing a lot of the world, a feeling I hope
you’ll ultimately share) including some cool pics further down this
page, and a trove of extra material I’ll be adding to
regularly, all designed to be
fun for fans of both Jeopardy! and Prisoner of Trebekistan.

Thanks for stopping by!  Amazon is always open if you decide you want to get a copy for yourself or as a gift.  Either way, come back soon for new videos and more.