Could be it’s just the Freixenet talking, but I’m almost positive Ryan Seacrest has been hitting on me all night with his eyes… Ooh, walnuts—!

[update – response to Tbogg, et al, here] A bit of perspective, from the Weekly Standard‘s “Scrapbook,” Jan 2, 2006: As The Scrapbook enjoyed an afternoon walk down Washington’s M Street last week, it passed an array of newspaper vending machines, for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and USA Today, among others. A scan of the headlines found the words “Domestic Spying” on all the front-page headlines. This