Matt Of All Trades

Much of the late Alex Trebek's wardrobe will be donated to recovering addicts to wear for  job interviews. Alex Trebek, the late longtime host of "Jeopardy!" is still beloved by millions of people, including me.   He passed away back in November, but he's still posthumously doing good works.  Always nattily dressed on air, Trebek had a pretty big collection of outfits he wore to work. They're going to good use: According to CBS News: "'Hundreds of Trebek's garments were donated to The Doe Fund, an organization that provides paid work, housing vocational training, continuing education and comprehensive social services to underserved Americans with a history of addiction, homelessness and incarceration,' according to a 'Jeopardy!' press release. The donation included 14 suits, 300 neckties, 15 belts, 58 dress shirts, 25 polo shirts, nine pairs of dress shoes, nine sports coats, two parkas and three pairs of dress slack." In one of the l...

When memes collide. The longboarding/juice/ Fleetwood Mac guy and Bernie. The Bernie meme is raising LOTS of money for charity.  Many of you are probably thoroughly sick of the now super famous Bernie Sanders mitten meme. That's the one based on the photograph of him sitting at the Joe Biden inauguration in those huge mittens.  The sale of merchandise based on that meme has so far raised $1.8 million for charities here in Vermont.  This is how quickly it went: The famous photo was taken on January 20.  According to the Associated Press, On the evening of January 21, the Sanders campaign put t-shirts, sweatshirts and stickers on its we site and they sold out within a half hour. More merch went up over the following weekend, but was sold out by Monday morning.  The money raised in the sales went to Meals on Wheels programs throughout Vermont, community action agencies such as food banks, senior citizens and medical services for the poor.  Getty Images , w...