> > Gerald Ford, remembered. [WTOP]
>> The Metropolitan Police Department alerts us that the FBI will be doing a “fly over” above Washington, DC tonight until midnight. No, we don’t have the slightest idea what this means either, but why take chances? Tonight, conduct your illicit activity from the safety of your own domicile, where, as the courts seem to agree, you have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
>> Of course, as far as your senseless acts of human kindness goes, feel free to do them out in the open, for all to see. The blogger at The Cords of Billroth recently noticed the work of one such do-gooder, and relates his deed in a blaze of cynicism-defeating glory.
>> Here’s a rule of Missed Connection etiquette that we can all get behind!
>> John Edwards jumps into the Presidential fray. Campaign slogan: “Tomorrow begins today,” a motto which is shared by Southern University, which is located in New Orleans, which is where Edwards was, performing some ad hoc relief efforts, when he announced. We suppose that a theme. Is. Emerging. [Washington Post]
>> As we near the end of 2006, it’s a time for Year End Lists. One of our favorites, the A/V Club’s Annual Reckoning of the Least Essential Albums, is still from-the-oven fresh. But if you want to get a handle on the entire world of Year End Lists, head over to Fimoculous’ ever-expanding clearinghouse of lists in all sorts of categories. Also: Largehearted Boy has taken it upon himself to list every single “Best of 2006” music list out there in the wide world, unofficially titled “Several Million Different Ways to Love Joanna Newsom and the Hold Steady.”
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