I just got my check for $13.86 from the CD MAP Antitrust Litigation. I had read that the checks were in the mail, but this time they were telling the truth.

I’m one of 3 million people who is getting a check, so even though a little shy of $14 doesn’t seem like much, it adds up. Serves’em right for price fixing.

I usually get strange looks when I say the word “aunt” (my pronunciation rhymes with gaunt) so the Yankee Dixie quiz caught my attention. When I moved out west there were lots of words that I noticed being used or said differently, and the quiz contains nearly all of them. A few that are missing are:

roof: Rhymes with hoof or aloof.
root: Rhymes with foot or toot.
query: Pronounced kw-eer-y or kw-eh-rey.

On the quiz I scored: 55% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.