... And some have quizzes thrust upon them.

In this case, that's you.

Have you been paying attention -- to the @Meyerson Twitter feed, the Meyerson Facebook page, the newly rechristened Meyerson Strategy blog, the LinkedIn page and whatever else I've been working on lately -- including, this week, a couple of days subbing at the WXRT-FM News anchor desk? Let's find out, with another in this series of astonishingly easy news quizzes.

If your score falls below 60 percent, you need to give up a life.

Take the quiz!

This blog's new look … and about that tagline

A fresh look for this blog debuts today, courtesy of Colorful Revolution. (Proprietor: Joel Meyerson.)

Features to note:

* New title: "Meyerson Strategy," MeyersonStrategy.com. More on that to come. (The old Web address, "Meyerson.blogspot.com," still works.)

* Responsive design means one layout adapts freely to different screen sizes and window widths. (On a desktop computer, try stretching or squeezing the window to watch elements rearrange.) It also means designs, navigation and other features need only be altered once, instead of separately for desktop, tablet and smartphone screens.

* ... Which means a richer, more readable experience for the growing audience on smartphones.

* Less cluttered right rail.

* Sharper, more readable text. (Black on white in many cases, and a more obvious color for links.)

And a footnote for anyone who's wondered about that tagline above: "New thoughts, ready and waiting to explode." It's from the song "Shape of Things to Come," originally recorded by Max Frost and the Troopers, and later by the Ramones.

More to come. Because we love trying new stuff. Comments and suggestions always welcome. Email us.

Everybody get out! There's a quiz on the loose!

Have you been paying attention -- to my Twitter feed, my Facebook page, the Meyerson blog, my LinkedIn page and whatever else I've been working on lately? Let's find out, with the latest in this critically declaimed series of news quizzes.

If your score falls below 60 percent, you need to lose a few more rounds of the Phone Stack game.

Take the quiz!

'Man of Steel': Three thoughts

Three thoughts on "Man of Steel":

1. Scenes reconstructing Clark Kent's childhood are deeply resonant, capable of tugging the heartstrings of fathers and sons.

2. Waaaayyyy too much fighting. After engaging in nonstop battle that almost certainly would have cost human lives, Superman's climactic struggle over whether to take a single life to end the fighting seems ... inconsistent.

3. Although the product placement for which companies reportedly paid a record $170 million can be distracting, one could (and some do) make the case that all the signage just makes the film more authentic -- because those brands are ubiquitous in our reality. But why would companies like Sears, IHOP and 7-Eleven pay anything at all to see their stores destroyed? As they are, time and time again, in fight scenes that seem to go on forever ...

A quizzical look at the news

Have you been paying attention -- to my Twitter feed, my Facebook page, the Meyerson blog, my LinkedIn page and whatever else I've been working on lately? Let's find out, with the latest in this award-ignored series of news quizzes.

If your score falls below 60 percent, you need to spend less time in the outside world and more time with your computer, your tablet device, your smartphone or the NSA.

Take the quiz!

Mayors to feds: 'Fuhgeddaboudit'

Meeting with reporters during the Clinton Global Initiative America conference in Chicago, several big-city mayors (missing: Rahm Emanuel) pledged to pursue new ways to finance infrastructure improvements -- projects that might once have been funded by the federal government. I asked them whether this is the "new normal."

Interesting sidelight around 4:15: Fuel-efficient cars are crimping federal highway revenue while increasing wear and tear on the roads.

Author, radio journalist Dave Berner: 'We are all as men ... influenced by the fathers who come before us'

Timely insight on the nature of fatherhood, the joys of road trips and the significance of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road: An interview with Chicago journalist, professor and author Dave (David W.) Berner, whose new book is Any Road Will Take You There: A Journey of Fathers and Sons.

First in a new series of interviews coming to this blog. Suggestions and comments welcome.

Good news (quiz), everyone!

Time for a fresh news quiz.

You'll find help with the answers in my Twitter feed, my Facebook page, the Meyerson blog, my LinkedIn page and whatever else I've been working on lately.

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#ChicagoMediaMeetup

In the midst of epochal change across the industry landscape, Chicago media workers have no shortage of ideas to swap and issues to discuss.

So ...

An idea whose time has come -- hatched in part by hyperconnector Karen Kring: The Chicago Media Meetup. No admission fee, no hype, no big structured discussion. Just a chance to get together on the threshold of summer to talk things over, meet old friends and make new ones.

"In the name of celebrating our accomplishments as journalists and all we love about working in media, come gather with friends and colleagues for some conversation and refreshment during the Printers Row Lit Fest."

Come out and see what happens. Saturday, June 8, 5-7 p.m., at South Loop Club.

R.S.V.P. on Facebook.

Tweet: #ChicagoMediaMeetup.