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I’ve just returned from Chicago (a very funny “Wait Wait” this week, I think), and there are literally scads of things to do around here. Perhaps even “oodles.” Possibly a “buttload.” Time will tell.
Anyway, there’s much to discuss, and you’re welcome to do so right here. I’ll try to check in […]

Wednesday (FA Wire) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid a surprise visit to Baghdad today, in part to congratulate Jalal Talabani, who on Saturday was reappointed President of Iraq.

So here’s a little story from my weekend. It’s hard to tell it. Or at least it’s hard to type it…
Saturday afternoon… baby shower… we’d just arrived, earlier than most… in the kitchen, I see a virgin arrangement of cheeses… I am the first to discover it… I go to cut myself a […]

To: All Detainees
From: Lieutenant Charles P. Capamonte (”Cappy”)
Date: Friday, 4/21/06

Happy Easter!

First, a belated Happy Easter to all of you! For those of you who chose not to come to the main yard for this Sunday’s Egg Hunt (and special visit from a certain Corporal Bunn E. Rabbit!), well, you missed […]

You’re devastated that God has called Scott McLellan home. You’re heartbroken that Karl Rove has also left the building (no, no he hasn’t). Where do you turn?
Well, first you have to breathe. Realize that Scott’s probably already writing you a book. And that Karl… well, he’s “gone” the way herpes is […]

IRAN: Wow! I’m not saying you deserved that…
U.S.: Shut up.
IRAN: But you kinda deserved that.
U.S.: Shut up!
IRAN: Infidel. Hey, what’re you - what’s that on my right?
U.S.: …
IRAN: Are you invading Afghanistan?
U.S.: Yup. Hey, you better not be developing nukes.
IRAN: Oh, we’re not.
U.S.: […]

Flight delayed. STOP. Late for dinner. STOP. Will update this weekend. STOP, ALREADY.

From E&P:
White House Demands Apology for ‘Mobile Labs’ Scoop
NEW YORK - The White House on Wednesday hit back at The Washington Post for its front-page story this morning which suggested President Bush in 2003 cited the discovery of mobile biological weapons labs in Iraq as “weapons of mass destruction” while knowing it was […]

So, Publishers Weekly has posted my first-ever book review. The first sentence:

Few novels attempting a deliberately bad explanation of the uncertainty principle could surpass this inspired romp from first-time novelist Felber, a comedian and TV writer.

Yee, my friends, yee and ha. Of course, a part of me is aware that if a review […]

I’m exhausted from another round-trip to Chicago, especially because I had Travel Nightmares in both directions. Total delay: 4 hours, 15 minutes. [I think you’ll think this one was worth it, though…] When someone accidentally deploys your airplane’s inflatable slide before you can board… well, it’s just not going to […]