Speaking of Politics...

This is far, far better than I would have expected -- check out a set of political leanings of superheroes. As far as I can tell, he gets the characters and political leanings both right, er, correct. Neat and insightful?

(The link's from Popwatch, after the wife directed me there for something else today.)

A Quick Cheap Shot

With election results now in, I'm tempted to ask if Karl Rove is going to get a new nickname. But if you're already called "Turd Blossom," well, where does one go from there?

Now that nickname seems to ask whether credit for all this should go to Turd Blossom himself or to the guy who kept somebody called Turd Blossom on the payroll (even if he did give the nickname himself). I'd like to think they could share, but I'm guessing they're not going to be very good at that.

I'm very, very happy, of course, and not in any partisan way. Just as somebody who believes that incompetence should go unrewarded.

Burdened immortal can't reach the end

I've only read two of Hemingway's novels. I thought one was thoroughly remarkable and the other excellent but inevitably overrated. (They were The Old Man and the Sea and For Whom the Bell Tolls -- guess which was which?)

Recently I've been fascinated by this wrenching story in miniature by Papa. (And who called him Papa and why? Does anybody know?)

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

As well as this Wired collection of six word stories by other (mostly genre) writers. I really like the variety, suggestiveness, humor... Obvious point, but words are kind of fantastic in the gulf between what they are and how much they present.

My own slight attempt is above. I stayed with the speculative ficton idea, and it probably lands in the better-sentence-than-story category. Though if I keep thinking about this, more might follow.


Also, since this post mentions Hemingway, here's my favorite bit of trivia on the man: He was a fan of polydactyl cats and continues to support a population of them in Key West.