Congrats to Duke and Coach K on their fourth NCAA basketball national championship.  No matter how much you hate Duke (probably a lot), you have to respect what Coach K has done for the game of basketball.

Now that the world’s favorite blog (hint: us) has a new roman-numeral name, we want to celebrate! Toga party, anyone?

Congratulations to all the Academy Award winners — especially Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to ever win Best Director! She beat out ex-husband James Cameron, too. We guess success is the best revenge after all.

Happy Texas Independence Day to our readers from the Lonestar State. Yeehaw!

The Winter Olympics are in full swing, and you know what that means: condoms? That’s right! The apparently sexually-charged Olympic Village was provided with 100,000 this year, or 14 per person. Budget wisely, athletes.

It’s Valentine’s Day, hooray! Your Column5 editor sends lots of love, hearts, etc. We’ll be off eating chocolates out of the box, if you need us.

Legendary fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found dead in his London apartment this morning.  It was a suspected, but unconfirmed, suicide that took this gem from the fashion world. Couture will never be the same.