Rhyming slang

For legal reasons it is necessary to refer to Sir Fred Goodwin as a wanker, which would probably be an improvement as that way he wouldn't be bothering anyone else.

Thanx to Charlie's Diary

Lockout

I'm hoping the NFL mess goes to a kick-ass judge like Sonia Sotomayor who will make the owners stop the crap and let the games go on.

The ultimate fantasy trilogy

* The Shadow War of the Night Dragon, Book One: The Dead City
* The Shadow War of the Night Dragon, Book Two: Dark Blood Magic
* The Shadow War of the Night Dragon, Book Three: Dream World of the Fire Wolf

Tor.com explains why

The other guys

Peter King's war on some terror

Thanx to The Rude Pundit

ETA: Thoreau weighs in.

People who want to be considered respectable, patriotic, and peaceful citizens cannot hide their heads in the sand when members of their ethnic and religious group support terrorism. They have a responsibility to take a stand. As a Catholic who is part Irish, I therefore promise to pimp slap IRA supporter Peter King if I ever meet him. I also hope that he gets renditioned to an MI6 black site.

I hope this is sufficient to demonstrate my opposition to terrorism, despite my questionable ethnic and religious background.

Where the Money Is

Andrew Sullivan knows how we could pay for things we all need.

Thanx to irismoonlight