Big Action!

I hope I'll be safe at home

As a lover of language and student of its vagaries and foibles, George Carlin had no equal. For your consideration, the baseball-football bit.

Rest in peace, sir.

"As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

The writer of one of the funniest half-hours of television ever, Bill Dial, has passed away. Many thanks to Joal Ryan at E! Online for covering this, and putting a name with the laughs.

Coincidentally, title of my new novel

More covers like these, and I may re-up my subscription.

Pimpin'

Eric Torbenson (yeah, that guy!) writes about where the airlines are headed (hint, disco was hot).

The evolution of presidential groveling (I would have preferred the kegs of liquor).

And not a pimp, just a cool site: Look for pictures using Tag Galaxy.

I Am NOT a Jelly Donut

"Ich Bin Ein Berliner." According to Krugman, Kennedy never said he was a pastry.

You know, I always thought this was true.

Apparently not. If you can't trust your high school German teacher, who can you trust?

Pimpin'

The author of "American Nerd" talks about the evolution of the nerd, and touches on things I never considered, like "Frankenstein."

Let's feel old. A college professor says people under 30 are idiots. Yeah, and get off my lawn!

Alcohol, our friend.

And finally, the infuriate  Chris story of the week, and one that surprised the hell out of me: We now outsource most of our spying.

Pimpage

The portion of us BA!ers who work at Zap2it are pleased as punch to have former B!tchling Korbi Ghosh on our team now.

She's writing a blog called Korbi TV, and it's full of interviewy and spoilery sorts of things that the kids (and the marginal grownups with thinning hair) like so much. Three days in, there's already stuff about The Office and Big Love and Gossip Girl (lots and lots of stuff about Gossip Girl, in fact).

Enjoy.

(Oh, and on a completely unrelated note: Nov. 15, Richmond. Bears. Y'all should come.)

Pimping

Thanks to Mayrav for being pre-rabbi expert help while I put together the Israel 60th anniversary issue. One highlight: Watching "Munich" on fast-forward.

And completely unrelated, funky co-worker Danica Lo has the strangest, perhaps coolest, fashion feature ever in the paper today. Heroine chic. Including Dangermouse.

Right off a cliff ...

Pretty happy with the way the photo illustration turned out for this story. I'm 14 like that.

I just want you all to know ...

That I, and in fact all reporters at The New York Post, look like that.