Off to watch the Maryland game. Will the Terps disappoint me for a twentieth straight year? More than likely, yes. But hey — I’ve got Barbecue-flavored pork rinds! [update: Maryland pushes on! Alas, thanks to those pork rinds, my colon might not..!]

[The Arab Street responds: “This is unacceptable! To depict freedom fighters and Islamic purists as villains is unconscionable! We are not to blame for death and destruction. It is you who is responsible: A Jew! Our esteemed academics have proven it so! It was you, after all, who attacked the Towers with the aid of Mossad — otherwise, why did not thousands of your kind show up for work at

[The Arab Street responds: “This is unacceptable! To depict freedom fighters and Islamic purists as villains is unconscionable! We are not to blame for death and destruction. It is you who is responsible: A Jew! Our esteemed academics have proven it so! It was you, after all, who attacked the Towers with the aid of Mossad — otherwise, why did not thousands of your kind show up for work at

Goin’ on my fourth Sapphire martini, y’all (the olives are habenero pepper-stuffed — de-lish!), and Steely Dan’s on the jukebox, doin’ “My Old School.” Next up? Alison Krauss, maybe. Or some old Styx. Anybody remember the song “Boat on the River” from the Cornerstone album? Tommy Shaw on lead vocals… Ah, yessssssss. G’night, folks… [update: …ooh, Gerry Rafferty…]

Goin’ on my fourth Sapphire martini, y’all (the olives are habenero pepper-stuffed — de-lish!), and Steely Dan’s on the jukebox, doin’ “My Old School.” Next up? Alison Krauss, maybe. Or some old Styx. Anybody remember the song “Boat on the River” from the Cornerstone album? Tommy Shaw on lead vocals… Ah, yessssssss. G’night, folks… [update: …ooh, Gerry Rafferty…]

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I had no idea Transterrestrial’s Rand Simberg was from Flint, Michigan. Nor that confirmed pastry glutton and cheesefry connoisseur Michael Moore was not. Well, ‘t seems Rand wants his hometown back. Here’s a sample of Rand’s Moore-ish rebuffery*: questioning the assertion made on Moore’s fansite that ol’ Lumpypants “worked several jobs, including one at Buick, which he quit on his first day,” Rand writes: How does one ‘work’ a job

I had no idea Transterrestrial’s Rand Simberg was from Flint, Michigan. Nor that confirmed pastry glutton and cheesefry connoisseur Michael Moore was not. Well, ‘t seems Rand wants his hometown back. Here’s a sample of Rand’s Moore-ish rebuffery*: questioning the assertion made on Moore’s fansite that ol’ Lumpypants “worked several jobs, including one at Buick, which he quit on his first day,” Rand writes: How does one ‘work’ a job

Richard Bennett has posted the text of an actual*