Now we have to wait another week before the Senate Judiciary Committee gets to vote on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court.

Fortunately, the wait is over for the latest ScuttleButton winner.

But first things first. You need to know how to play.

Simply check out my button puzzle each Friday. Take one word or one concept per button, add 'em up, and arrive at a familiar saying or a name. (Seriously: a saying that people from Earth might be remotely familiar with.) Submit your answer and hope you're the person chosen at random. That's it!

Oh wait. You MUST include your name and city/state to be eligible.

And also remember, the answer does not necessarily have to be political. For instance, the answer to a puzzle a while back was "Minnesota Twins" -- not political at all, unless you're thinking Mondale and Humphrey instead of Killebrew and Oliva.

Last week's buttons, in case you forgot:

Ladies for Laxalt -- Paul Laxalt, a Republican, was elected governor of Nevada in 1966. He later served two terms in the Senate and was known as Ronald Reagan's best friend in the chamber.

Ann Richards for Governor of Texas -- A Democrat, she was elected in 1990 but fell four years later to some guy named George W. Bush.

Jan Can! -- Jan Meyers of Kansas, a Republican who won the first of six terms in the House in 1984.

Tillman U.S. Congress -- Wheeler Tillman was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee against Rep. Arthur Ravenel (R) in South Carolina's 1st District in 1988.

So, when you add Ladies + Ann + Jan + Tillman, you kinda get ...

Ladies and Gentlemen! Some responders immediately added, "The Rolling Stones!" -- the title of the 1973 documentary film on the rock group.

Not me. Whenever I think of "Ladies and Gentlemen," I think of the Ed Sullivan impersonator in "Pulp Fiction" who is about to entice Uma Thurman and John Travolta onto the dance floor for the Jack Rabbit Slims Twist Contest. (Yes, that's what I think of. It's my favorite scene in the movie. Check it out yourself.)

Whatever, we still have to declare a winner. And that winner, selected at random among the correct responders, is (drum roll) ... Tyson Welsh of Salt Lake City. In submitting his answer, Tyson wrote, "I'm feeling good about this one." He was right!

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2:07 - July 21, 2009

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