Homer Nods

In an item yesterday, we observed that the White House had done the right thing in “defenestrating” Charles Freeman, the unhinged former ambassador who had been President Obama’s nominee for chairman of the National Intelligence Council. Since Freeman was thrown under the bus rather than out the window, we should have said the White House did the right thing in hypovehiculating him. We regret the error.

Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

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Via Fake Steve Jobs.

Anti-war lawyer keys a Marine’s car just before the Marine was to deploy to Iraq. He got caught. Here’s the background.

And justice was sweet – read thru to the end of the article, and the first few comments…

I just love a happy ending!

Via Instapundit.

Via BoingBoing.

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2008, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.

To My Republican Friends

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Converting Gay
Monday’s Columbus Dispatch previewed a change that was scheduled to come today (photo by reader Hugh Greentree):

There will be a grand “reopening” of Gay Street on Wednesday. No fanfare is planned, and the street never was officially closed, but tell that to merchants who have struggled to attract customers during the six months it’s taken to convert Gay from a one-way street.

The half-mile stretch from Cleveland Avenue to Front Street will open to two-way traffic sometime after the morning rush hour, weather permitting.

It’s a big change on Downtown’s arterial landscape. Ask how long Gay has been one-way and the official city response is “a long time.”

Not that there’s anything wrong with that! But take a look at the results:

It’s only been a few hours, and as you can see, Gay is already straight.

He won “Scariest.”

I share an office with Elliott… it’s always interesting!

Update: For my iPhone-enabled readers, who can’t get to the embedded YouTube content, here’s the link to the video.

He won.

Great job, Garth!

Update: For my iPhone-enabled readers, who can’t get to the embedded YouTube content, here’s the link to the video.