Things That May Only Interest Me

Forget some people's concern over a Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton White House; are all of these candidates related?

In India, match-making web sites are referred to as matrimonial sites.

Stephen Colbert did grow up in Charleston, SC (hence his run for president in that state only as a 'native son' candidate), but was born in Washington, D.C. Also, he's a huge Lord of the Rings fan, which might explain Viggo Mortensen mysteriously appearing on the Colbert Report recently to offer him a sword, a la Excalibur, as a sign that he should run for president.

Colbert v. O'Reilly

I didn't see part one of this stroke of marketing genius - I wouldn't even know which channel Fox News uses to pollute DirecTV's signal - but Jenny and I did stay up for part two on the Colbert Report, and it was worth it. The best dig at O'Reilly was probably the Barnes & Noble 30% off sticker, which covered O'Reilly's head on the book cover. And the comment about Jon Stewart being a sexual predator, that was wonderfully vicious. I must admit, O'Reilly was a surprisingly good sport - still a pompous windbag, but a good sport nonetheless.