'This color is featured prominently, even for the links, on treehugger.com'
green
200
'(Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper.) This 21st century tragedy is one of the reasons I got back into news; its aftermath is powerfully dealt with in the novel "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"'
9/11
200
'A brief 2-piece, poolside'
bikini
400
'Wilmington-born Mike Castle is this little state's only man in the House of Representatives'
Delaware
400
'"Hi, my name is... What? My name is... Who? My name is... Slim Shady"'
Eminem
400
'Hear his thoughts on everyday life & link to his "Dilbert" strips at his blog'
(Scott) Adams
400
'(I'm Michael McKean.) A favorite of mine is this author's "Cat's Cradle", a book named for a children's game but dealing with the end of life on Earth'
Kurt Vonnegut
400
'A diamond salesman has this job'
a jeweler
600
'This "Jr." Illinois Rep was born in South Carolina 4 days after the Selma-Montgomery march'
Jesse Jackson Jr.
600
'"I drink Brass Monkey and I rock well, I got a castle in Brooklyn that's where I dwell"'
The Beastie Boys
600
'In July 2010 a video posted on a blog forced Shirley Sherrod to quit this cabinet dept.-- then she got lots of apologies'
Agriculture
600
'(I'm Andy Richter.) As a parent, I have to go with "I Am a Bunny", illustrated by this man who also gave us a "Great Big Schoolhouse"'
(Richard) Scarry
600
'This type of cloud forms in puffs, mounds or towers on a flat base'
cumulus
800
'Peter DeFazio, who gives his payraises to scholarship funds, reps ths state's 4th District, including Corvallis & Eugene'
Oregon
800
'"They call me Dr. Love, I am your doctor of love, I've got the cure you're thinking of" (Trust me I'm a doctor)'
KISS
800
'Nick Denton started this gossipy site with a name that also means "one who stares stupidly"'
Gawker
800
'(Hi, I'm Jane Kaczmarek.) This author's "Nine Stories" includes gems like "The Laughing Man" & "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" -- you should read them all'
J.D. Salinger
800
'Also used as a royal epithet, it means calm or peaceful'
serene
1000
'California's Xavier Becerra became the first Latino to serve on this committee that oversees Social Security'
Ways and Means
1000
'"Are you going to let it all hang out? Fat bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go round"'
Queen
1000
'"The Sartorialist" spent 15 years in this industry before starting a popular blog on the subject'
fashion
1000
'(Hi, I'm Elizabeth Perkins.) Though its title is a reference to the Land of Nod, this Steinbeck classic, a favorite of mine, is set in California's Salinas Valley'