It Boggles The Mind, Chapter 43

I'm not going to reprise my entire post on young Adolph Hitler Campbell here, but if you're curious you can read it at Eat Our Brains. Boggle, boggle, boggle.

ETA: And this was Keith Olbermann's number one story tonight on Countdown! I feel so cutting edge!

Today's Best Writing Post

Elizabeth Bear's writing and mine are very different, but I find her philosophy and rules for writing are very similar to mine.

There's no right way to do it. You just have to do it. And keep doing it. And then do some more. Sometimes you get to wonder if you wouldn't be happier polishing the floor, but you do it anyway.

And the Weird Just Keeps on Comin'

Piqued by Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow, I hoofed it over to www.whitehouse.gov to check out the final chapter in the video saga of Barney, the White House Senior Dog (I'm assuming Miss Beazley is a junior staffer). Our Tax Dollars at Work: this is a sort of video version of a patriotic picture book done for kids. It is jaw droppingly dumb, but has excellent production values. Not only do we see Barney in charge of decorating the White House for the holidays (and learn that President Bush can read the mind of his dog), but we are privy to a dream of Barney's in which...oh, dear, I don't want to spoil it for you. Suffice it to say that there is much applause for Barney, and some folksy bonhomie on the part of his owner. Willard The Cat says nothing and looks surly, as any self-respecting cat would. And the credits are a third of the entire video.

Dude, really? Sprinting to the finish?