Every few minutes, he stops to scribble down notes as he thinks of something that tickles him.
We said something -- we do not remember what, because that last word caught us by surprise -- and Mr. Angell continued: "I can almost see his expression coming out of his study with something that really tickled him, an impish look on his face, absolute delight.
Not one puff has he taken, not even from the Virginia-grown brand Go to Hell that tickles him most.
"I remember seeing his chest hair and thinking, This is icky," he said, adding that Sandusky tickled him and described himself as the tickle monster.
Maybe the metaphor is simply that 2000 was sprinkled with unexpected spices, things that tickled us.
They picked out the ones that tickled the heart and responded with gifts for otherwise empty stockings.
The thing that tickled me most about this puzzle is the fact that Mr. Cee managed to get RUB IN as a central down entry.
And the Asian chicken wings were plump and crispy, with a black pepper kick that tickled the nose and warmed the belly.
Other entries that tickled me were the "Kitchen magnet?", AROMA, and the SWAT/YEOW crossing at 26 Down and 28 Across.
To hear Mark mix some of the acid records that tickled his fancy back in '88, click here.
