On this date in 1921, Iowa became the first state to impose a tax on cigarettes. The very next day, the Libertarian Party was founded. Okay, I made that second part up. On that note, let’s play the friday5.org Friday Five.

1. Among your acquaintances, who’s the best screamer?
I will simply say it’s Katy, but I will not say how I am aware of this particular fact. (Seriously, how could I, or anyone, answer that question without raising eyebrows?)

2. When was the last time you had to shout in order to be heard?
Given how often I have my classes engage in small-group discussions over things, I invariably have to shout over them to get them back into a large-group discussion, so, um, yesterday.

3. When was the last time you cheered for anything?
When Darren McCarty got an assist in the Red Wings’ last regular season game, although that wasn’t a "cheer" so much as it was a fist-pump. The last time I seriously cheered was for Magglio Ordoñez ALCS-clinching home run in 2006. I’m not much of a cheer-er.

4. Whom did you last yell at?
It’s been so long since I actually berated someone that I can’t remember clearly. Sadly, I think the last person I can be said to have yelled at was Dad when he got on one of his "anyone who fights in hockey should be banned for life" tirades. (You see what the Stanley Cup playoffs do to my attention.)

5. When did you last lose your voice, or at least find yourself hoarse?
Just before last semester ended I got incredibly sick. My first day back I literally had to type everything I wanted to "say" to the class on the data projector.