An unexpected twist: 

Amazing how quickly natural environments can bounce back.

Iron Mike visits Mao's tomb

Jason, the youngest son from Foxtrot, has been trying to fill in for Aaron MacGruder.

Pollack.

SNL doesn’t always float me boat, but I like this mofo.  From boingboing.

An article on American Prospect asks the questions I wish this New Yorker profile didn’t ask several weeks ago.

Harry Reid sounded awfully like a stock old prospector character when declaring the closed session the other day. 

From the NY Times via Dahlia Lithwick :

“You know, she’s a very gracious and funny person,” said Joshua B. Bolten, the director of the Office of Management and Budget whom Ms. Miers succeeded as deputy White House chief of staff in 2003. “I was racking my brain trying to think of something specific.”

In the next breath, Mr. Bolten recalled relaxing with her at Camp David. “She is a very good bowler,” he said. “For someone her size, she actually gets a lot of action out of the pins.”

The North Korean government is currently giving out visas to American citizens for visiting the country. 

This is not an appealing place for me to go.  It does make me ask myself: what place would I least like to visit?  Top 5 list anyone?

The Vikings do their forebearers proud.