From one of tommyrot's Colbert links:

In fact, some aides crowed over reports that the president easily bested Colbert in the reviews of both comedy acts.

Yeah, uh -- I don't think *comedy* was Colbert's top goal.

A cardinal just attacked the window. It was pissed.

Their chief weapon is surprise. Surprise and fear. Their two weapons are fear and surprise....and a ruthless efficiency. Their three weapons are....

Their chief weapon is surprise.

::snorfle::

....and nice red hats.

I hope things aren't going all Hitchcockian.

Hmm. A bird was trying to attack my window last night, too. Do they also celebrate May Day and mobilize?

Oh and once, at summer camp, a nun did an interpretive dance on the altar to Day by Day.

Come on, haven't we all done that?

I mean, given how insanely repetitive the song is, what else is there to do?

Hmm. A bird was trying to attack my window last night, too. Do they also celebrate May Day and mobilize?

Could be - I doubt any of those birds have green cards.

Now I want to add "and a fanatical devotion to the Pope" to the end of every sentence.

While eating olives.

But not locusts. My coffee fueled impressionability will only go so far.

Shrift, my cow-orker's wife drives the Dan Ryan every day, and hasn't really had a big problem, especially if you hit it before the heart of rush hour.

"All the winged insects that go upon all fours are an abomination to you. 21Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those which have legs above their feet, with which to leap on earth.

Oh yeah, that six leg thing. I was still stuck on "All - for values of all that mean not these particular ones."

Vanity Fair On Cheney: His Health:

"He takes a range of medications that he and his doctors decline to detail. The extent of his atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries, which, if it extends beyond the heart to the brain, can cause hard-to-recognize changes in cognition) is unknown. Bypass surgery itself has long been associated with subtle changes in neurological function."

"At age 65, Cheney is easily 30 or more pounds overweight, seems to have slacked off on what was once a more rigorous diet, and appears to suffer from recurrent bouts of gout. At a roundtable lunch with reporters a couple of years ago, two who were present say, he cut his buffalo steak in bite-size pieces the moment it arrived, then proceeded to salt each side of each piece."

Huh. I've read several accounts from people who've known Cheney for a long time that his personality has completely changed since he became VP.