Oh, throw down your plow and hoe, Rest not to lock your homes. And while you’re at it, be careful you don’t fall and break a hip making your way up the arena stairs. It’s been a while, after all…

…but in only four of which have I been able to find the interlocutive, “excuse me, miss, but would you mind terribly removing your breasts from my ear?” — though for what it’s worth, I haven’t updated to the newest build of the search software. So, you know, don’t go quoting me or anything.

Quickly, now! Somebody get it a towel or something before Whitey starts lashin’ at it with a bullwhip…!

In the thread to yesterday’s post linking to Bill Ardolino’s interview with a Fallujan translator “Leo”, commenter Gabriel Frye (who, I should note, has proven himself to be a valuable addition to the pw commentariat, representing what I would call a left-centrist, anti-war perspective, but doing so in a way that is seldom preemptively dismissive) writes: […] the left isn’t saying only “stop it’s already too expensive,” we’re saying “these

Via Hot Air and the Radio Equalizer, here’s Mass Gov Deval Patrick on the message of 911: Among many other things, 9/11 was a failure of human understanding […] It was a mean and nasty and bitter attack on the United States. But it was also a failure of human beings to understand each other, to learn to love each other. Well, okay. But in fairness to those 3000 people

From Consumer Reports: Not so long ago you could count on most washers to get your clothes very clean. Not anymore. Our latest tests found huge performance differences among machines. Some left our stain-soaked swatches nearly as dirty as they were before washing. For best results, you’ll have to spend $900 or more. What happened? As of January, the U.S. Department of Energy has required washers to use 21 percent

No questions about whether the cult of the Tom Selleck mustache actually drives the perceived machismo of the Arab world, but otherwise, this Bill Ardolino interview with a Fallujan interpreter is rather revealing. A taste:

— “‘Germans’…?” — “Forget it, he’s rolling…”

On the plus side, at least we now know what it takes to land a plum job at NBC sports. Speaking of which — any openings, NBC? I’m very knowledgeable about football, have a clean, crisp appearance, and if I ever found myself alone with any of the founding fathers, I’d kick his ass for not giving Congress control over the Executive, and for allowing that whole stupid second amendment