It's time again for Bringing Back Kerouac, the first-Tuesday, monthly open-mike night downstairs at Anna Bannana's, 8 p.m. with original poems, cover poems, songs, short films, interpretive dance, and more, all with the intent of bringing that free-wheeling beat feeling to the hip-hop generation; www.myspace.com/bringingbackkerouac, 946-5190.

'HUMPTY WHO?'

At one point, it didn't matter that you couldn't remember all the words to "Patty Cake." Then you had a baby. Oops. You can't exactly croon the latest Amy Winehouse single to your 3-week-old, right? Enter "Humpty Who? A Crash Course in 80 Nursery Rhymes for Clueless Moms and Dads" (Workman Publishing, $11.95), a collection of 80 rhymes and lullabies. Many are familiar, like "London Bridge" (the kiddie version, not the Fergie one) and "Old Mother Hubbard," but it also includes the second and third verses of rhymes we've likely forgotten.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram

FINAL WORD

"I'm a woman, and I speak directly, clearly and without a fancy accent. If you really understood what (Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman) were saying, you'd be offended."

Carrie Ann Inaba | "Dancing With the Stars" judge — and Punahou grad — whose new show is "Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann," in TV Guide