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Bush gave a speech yesterday about the economy:

"In order for us to have the security we all want, America must get rid of the hangover that we now have as a result of the economic binge we just went through,” he said. "There was endless profit, there was no tomorrow when it came to the stock markets and corporate profits. And now we're suffering a hangover for that binge.”

Considering the news his daughters are always making, I'm not sure if that's the metaphor I would have gone for.

Sneezes

Whenever I have a particularly violent sneeze, I always think of a scene in on of the first "3rd Rock from the Sun" episodes.

Sally (Kristen Johnston) sneezes and one of the guys asks her what the heck that was. She leans up against a wall with a fairly sated expression on her face and says "I don't know, but I want another one."

It was a Dark and Stormy Night...

The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is basically a writing contest to write the opening sentence to the worst novel possible. It's also known as the "It was a dark and stormy night" contest. This years winners were just announced.

Grand prize:
On reflection, Angela perceived that her relationship with Tom had always been rocky, not quite a roller-coaster ride but more like when the toilet-paper roll gets a little squashed so it hangs crooked and every time you pull some off you can hear the rest going bumpity-bumpity in its holder until you go nuts and push it back into shape, a degree of annoyance that Angela had now almost attained. -Ms. Rephah Berg

( A few more winners and honorable mentions )