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Among his many other admirable qualities, former President Abraham Lincoln of "these United States" is often admired for his well documented sense of humor and fondness for jokes. There's a popular, probably apocryphal story that connects Lincoln and his keen wit to the five-dollar bill long before his face became permanently affixed to that particular mainstay of U.S. currency.

It was huggable movie icon and didactic raconteur Forrest Gump who uttered the immortal words: "Mama always said life is like a box of chocolates. Anything that tastes sweet makes you fat." Hmm. Or maybe it was, "Life is like a box of chocolates. Either someone else eats all the good ones, or you leave it out in the sun and it melts. And then you're like, 'That box of chocolates cost me $19.99.' "

As a high-schooler, I worked for a local research firm. In the basement of our building was a secure room where the temperature was kept very cold. The only contents of the room were a desk, a monitor, and a large oblong box.

Today is Feb. 7, which is significant to some in that tomorrow, in addition to being Thursday, will be Feb. 8. This year, Feb. 8 is the last day for teams in the National Basketball Association to trade players until after the end of the regular season. The trade deadline actually falls in the middle of the afternoon, meaning that teams can only finalize trades up until 3 p.m. Eastern.

Earlier today, the the people at Disney who are in charge of movie trailers finally released a teaser trailer for the new Han Solo movie, creatively titled Solo: A Star Wars Story. If you're an objective observer, by which we mean someone whose cats are not named Threepio and Artoo, then you probably shrugged and said, "Could be fun," if you watched the trailer at all. Oh, and if you didn't ... behold: