The Girls of September '79
Foxes all and twenty-nine years hot, today happiest of birthday wishes go out to our ultimate Girl of September '79, The Watergirl! She is the only member of this sisterhood to be neither married nor engaged, though by virtue of cohabitation she has given up her membership in Team Bachelor. Happy birthday, Katie!

Vote For Kodos: Lies, Damned Lies, and the News
My only problem with this otherwise above board piece of journalism is the headline "Top Republican says Palin unready": B.B.C.link. To call Senator Hagel, a tacit supporter of Senator Obama even as he lacks the moral fortitude to openly declare that support, a "top Republican" is as ridiculous as calling Senator Lieberman, who was unceremoniously tossed out of his own party, a top Democrat. Senator Hagel is a bitter, powerless misanthrope, a man who lacks the courage of former Senator Jeffords, who openly quit the Republican Party in '01, or the conviction of Senator Lieberman, who has publicly endorsed the presidential candidate of the other party (because, let's be frank, on all domestic matters, Lieberman is a repugnantly liberal Democrat).

Though I do not have handy a technical definition of what makes a politician "top," we can all agree that calling Chuck Hagel a "top Republican" is factually inaccurate.

The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
Barenaked Ladies, "Maybe Katie" from Everything to Everyone (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary:

"What's the use in hesitating?
Can't you see that Katie's waiting?
Just because her youth is fading
Doesn't mean she's not worth dating.

What's so maybe about,
What's so maybe about,
What's so maybe about Katie?"

I tease, of course, since as mentioned above The Watergirl is a sprightly, sultry twenty-nine and an object of desire for everyone with a pulse.

Dienstag, 16 September
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, "Simmer Down" from the Ska-Core, the Devil, and More E.P. (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: I really like "Simmer Down," but far and away my favorite part is the instrumental introduction, which if I had my druthers would be expanded into a six- or seven-minute piece of incidental music.