Champagne Velvet

I’m completely hooked on The Wire. The hype I’m seeing all over is extremely well deserved. Certainly doesn’t give you a pretty picture of Baltimore though.

Barkley may run in 2010

“Alabama, that’s my home. I’m thinking about running for governor; they need the help,” Barkley said as the crowd laughed. “If it wasn’t for Arkansas and Mississippi, we’d be dead last in everything. I think we can do better.”

I can’t think of anything specific but I’m pretty sure I’ve heard the round mound of rebound say some pretty dumb stuff on TNT. Stranger things have happened though.

Wow, another storm?  Really?

Thousands lose power as Alberto soaks Florida

”Good God, who would have thunk it,” Gov. Jeb Bush said about the early-season storm as he declared another hurricane state of emergency.

If you’re looking for a schedule, the names to watch, or just something to put on your wall, this wall poster from Reuters is solid.

What’s this ’scotomisation’ in The Da Vinci Code?

“Scotomisation” is the psychological tendency in people to see what
they want to see and not see what they don’t want to see - in
situations, in themselves, in anything, even in a painting - due to the
psychological impact that seeing (or not seeing) would inflict.