Atrios writes: “Jeff Goldstein Explained” WaPo: Abrahams, who has a vast knowledge of improbable scientific literature, compares Gier’s work to that of two Cornell scientists who showed that one attribute of extreme incompetence is “that the person so afflicted is incapable of knowing that he is incompetent.” The study, titled “Unskilled and Unaware of It,” demonstrated that people who scored, on average, at the 12th percentile in tests of humor,

30-years later, and Richard Belzer is still smarting from that fitful polyester morning he woke to the painful epiphany that he wasn’t Lenny Bruce or George Carlin—nor would he ever be.  Hell, he wasn’t even Robert Klein. But god bless him if he doesn’t keep on trying, the conspiracy-ravaged, pock-faced li’l trooper! And I don’t care what anyone says:  Those trademark dark glasses of his?  Provide just the right touch

     “So, what do you think, honey—a round of golf?  Or would you rather squash today?”      “Whichever.  You choose, Muffin. Just so long as we steer clear of Negroes—and any Mexicans we happen to see are either manicuring the greens or mopping the flop sweat off the parquet flooring.  Or, you know, maybe making us a nice pitcher of margaritas at the clubhouse afterwards.”