allowed out in public

Actual transcript from my Feb. 22 show:

This song is by... a New York band called Hem. Hem made, ah... the best album of 2001. Hem. "With such a short name, how could they make such a good album?"... you wonder. I don't know either.

Banter: An acquired skill.

bushes

For my friends who believe that W.'s drive to eliminate Saddam Hussein is motivated in large part by issues with his father, a new twist: Bush Sr.'s doubts about a unilateral war. The article is misleading but still interesting.