A bit of baby oil and spray tan, and Lileks looks ready to throw down with Hulk Hogan!

We'll try to stay serene and calm

When Catalina gets the bomb

Who's next, who's next, who's next...? (Tom Lehrer)

It's not the buildings that light up that shining city on the hill.

Next time you go that route, invite one of us along. We'll make a killing in aftermarket carbon offset sales.

Unreadable would have been more authentic... :)

Can I buy an ampersand?

I agree with everything you said, Peter.

I don't know if November will puncture the President's ego balloon, or if anything can. He seems immune to public opinion.

I'm surprised there hasn't been more made of the weekly "Where's Steyn?" with all the talent at y'all's disposal, is a dramatized, fictionalized and sensationalized Steyn Update too much to ask for? Something in a Commander McBragg vein?

The nudity was kept tasteful and relevant to the plot - not easy with a Goldberg vehicle. Fabulous show, gentlemen!

I have to agree that DS9 was the best of the Trek series, and the Hew-mon-ization of the Ferengi was one of my favorite aspects.

The Five Pillars...

Cordoba Leather Factory?

I miss Ted Baxter.

My wife wears the photographic pants in the family; she's a Canon girl (40D at the moment).

I selected a Panasonic TZ1 when we went to China a few years ago, and she ended up "borrowing" mine quite a bit. I drool over newer cameras, but the Panasonic just won't die.

And I'm with Rob - I can't imagine retiring here, though I was born and raised in L.A. county. But every time I stop and actually look, California visually re-seduces me.

Bring on the frogs and locusts. I bet they'll look fabulous at sunset.