You asked the questions and the Magic Eight Ball answered...

It’s the second Thursday of the month, so what better time to whip out my Magic Eight Ball and ask it a few “yes or no” questions.

This month’s set of questions came to me via e-mail and Facebook. Below you’ll find the unedited questions and answers to the questions that I asked my Magic Eight Ball on Monday.

Connie asked: Will all five county commissioners be replaced in the next election?
A: Definitely.

Steve asked: Will the casino bribing crowd get convicted?
A: My sources say no.

Mark asked: Can a dog ride a bike?
A: Yes.

Michael asked: Is Spam really meat?
A: Outlook not so good.

Donna asked: Will we EVER have a woman as president?
A: Yes.

David asked: Will we hit the Florida Lottery?
A: Absolutely!

Donna asked: Will we ever wish we could go back to the world the way it was before 9/11 and Katrina?
A: Outlook not so good.

Marc asked: Will the SEC champ once again win the BCS Championship?
A: Outlook not so good.

Donna asked: Will your children be better informed and more skeptical than you were growing up?
A: Outlook not so good.

Ken asked: Will it rain any more, ever?
A: Yes.

Donna asked: Will the United States become like the Soviet Union and split up into city-states?
A: Definitely.

Tom asked: Is Derek Jeter the greatest New York Yankee ever?
A: No way!

I want to know if readers should take this week’s slate of answers seriously?
A: Maybe.

If you’ve got a question you want me to ask my Magic Eight Ball, e-mail it to me at courantsports@earthlink.net, and I’ll publish the answers in next week’s paper.

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In book-related news this week, Barnes & Noble released its Best Books of the Month lists. If you’re looking for a good book to read, you probably won’t go wrong in picking any of the books on this list.

Books that made the Best Books of the Month for Adults include:

- “Sex on the Moon” by Ben Mezrich
- “Stone Arabia” by Dana Spiotta
- “Rules of Civility” by Amor Towles
- “A Dance with Dragons” by George R.R. Martin
- “The Devil All the Time” by Donald Ray Pollock
- “The Sun’s Heartbeat” by Bob Berman
- “Conquistadora” by Esmeralda Santiago
- “Finding Everett Ruess” by David Roberts
- “Outlander” by Dianna Gabaldon
- “The Man of Numbers” by Keith Devlin
- “Ghost Story” by Jim Butcher
- “Fire Monks” by Colleen Morton

Books that made Barnes & Nobles’ Best Books of the Month for Kids and Teens include:

- “Skippyjon Jones, Class Action” by Judy Schachner
- “Crookedstar’s Promise” by Erin Hunter
- “Seventeen Ultimate Guide to Style” by Ann Shoket
- “Wolfsbane” by Andrea Cremer
- “Amelia Bedelia’s First Field Trip” by Herman Parish
- “Junonia” by Kevin Henkes
- “Spellbound” by Jacqueline West and “Supernaturally” by Kiersten White

There are several books on the above lists that I’d like to read, most notably Martin’s “A Dance With Dragons” and Butcher’s “Ghost Story.”